Useful Apps to Buy Groceries in Lockdown

It’s extremely difficult to find any groceries during the city lockdown. But, don’t panic just yet.

You can find the most popular apps and WeChat mini-programs that you can use to 抢菜 (qiǎng cài) – to stock up for food for quarantine here 👇

Here are a few most popular apps and WeChat mini-programs that you can use to buy groceries in lockdown.

01. HEMA MARKET

盒马
Hémǎ
Hema Market

每天7点放货, 价格也很合适。
Měitiān 7 diǎn fànghuò, jiàgé yě hěn héshì.
Every day delivery from 7 AM. The price is affordable, too.

02. TMALL SUPERMARKET

天猫超市
Tiānmāo Chāoshì
Tmall Supermarket

很难抢到菜, 但你要试一下也可以。
Hěn nán qiǎngdào cài, dàn nǐ yào shìyīxià yě kěyǐ.
It’s too difficult to buy food here, but you can try anyway.

03. ELEME

饿了么
Èleme
Eleme

正常营业。最快30分钟、菜价贵。
Zhèngcháng yíngyè. Zuìkuài 30 fēnzhōng, càijià guì.
Eleme works as usual. The delivery can be as fast as 30 mins, (but) the food is expensive.

04. CAI HUASUAN

菜划算*
Cài Huásuàn
Cai Huasuan

*划算 (huásuàn) is an adjective that describes products of great value for a reasonable price (‘good value for money’). It’s in the new HSK 7-9.

白天都营业。第二天送到, 用的人少。
Báitiān dōu yíngyè. Dì èr tiān sòngdào, yòng de rén shǎo.
Available any time during the day. The delivery is on the 2nd day, very few people use it.

If you cannot buy any food on those apps, you can try to use these WeChat mini-programs👇

01. CITYSHOP

城市超市
Chéngshì Chāoshì
Cityshop

城市超市 – 最快半个小时能送到。
Chéngshì Chāoshì – zuìkuài bànge xiǎoshí néng sòngdào.
Cityshop can deliver in 30 min the fastest.

02. CARREFOUR

家乐福
Jiālèfú
Carrefour

家乐福 – 最快1个小时能送到。
Carrefour – zuìkuài 1 gè xiǎoshí néng sòngdào.
Carrefour can deliver in 1 hour the fastest.

03. GREEN AND SAFE

Green and Safe – 最快1个小时能送到。
Green and Safe – zuìkuài 1 gè xiǎoshí néng sòngdào.
Green and Safe also can deliver in 1 hour.

We hope that this article will be useful and help you buy groceries in lockdown. To learn more useful Chinese vocabulary and phrases, check out one of our blog posts Describe a Day in the Lockdown in Chinese