This is a question for readers with knowledge of Chinese. How do
you say "water chestnuts" in Cantonese and in Mandarin?

More generally, does anybody know of a webpage aimed English speakers
listing the *Chinese characters* (or at least the phonetically
transcribed words) for typical Chinese cooking ingredients such as
fermented black beans and Szechuan peppercorns?

Thanks in advance,

Jill

P.S. I know that there's a book out there on "demystifying the
Asian grocery store", but I think that if I could just find the
Chinese characters for the ingredients, I could get along fine.