Basic Chinese 1 - Ordering Food and Drink

Dialogue - Ordering Drinks

In this dialogue the waiter takes the drinks order from two guests and brings them their tea and snacks.

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服务员：	你们好！你们想喝点儿什么？
Fúwùyuán:	Nǐmen hǎo! Nǐmen xiǎng hē diǎnr shénme?
Waiter:	Hello! What would you like to drink?
顾客1：	我要红茶。
Gùkè 1:	Wǒ yào hóngchá.
Guest 1:	I would like black tea.
顾客2：	我们喝绿茶，请给我们来一壶绿茶。
Gùkè 2:	Wǒmen hē lǜchá, qǐng gěi wǒmen lái yī hú lǜchá.
Guest 2:	We would like green tea. Please bring us a pot of green tea.
服务员：	你们还要点儿什么吗？
Fúwùyuán:	Nǐmen hái yào diǎnr shénme ma?
Waiter:	Would you like anything else?
顾客1：	再来一盘点心。
Gùkè 1:	Zài lái yī pán diǎnxin.
Guest 1:	Please also bring us some snacks.
服务员：	嗯，好的。请稍等。
Fúwùyuán:	Ng, hǎo de. Qǐng shāoděng.
Waiter:	Ok. Please wait a moment.
服务员：	这是花茶，这是绿茶，还有一盘点心。
Fúwùyuán:	Zhè shì huāchá, zhè shì lǜchá, hái yǒu yī pán diǎnxin.
Waiter:	Here is the scented tea, here is the green tea and also a plate of snacks.
顾客2：	谢谢。
Gùké 2:	Xièxie.
Guest 2:	Thank you.
服务员：	不客气，请慢用。
Fúwùyuán:	Bù kèqi, qǐng màn yòng.
Waiter:	Pleasure, enjoy.

Vocabulary

Look at the vocabulary below. To practice your understanding you can hide either the Chinese, the Pinyin or the English. Click on the reveal icon to see the hidden word again.

hp	想	xiǎng	to want, to like
hp	喝	hē	to drink
hp	点儿	diǎnr	a little
hp	要	yào	to want
hp	红茶	hóngchá	black tea
hp	绿茶	lǜchá	green tea
hp	请	qǐng	please
hp	给	gěi	for
hp	我们	wǒmen	we
hp	壶	hú	pot
hp	还	hái	also
hp	有	yǒu	to have
hp	一	yī	one
hp	盘	pán	plate
hp	再	zài	also
hp	点心	diǎnxin	snacks
hp	好的	hǎo de	ok
hp	稍等	shāoděng	wait a minute
hp	不客气	bù kèqì	pleasure (reply to a thank you)
hp	慢用	mànyòng	enjoy the foot (lit. use it slowly)

Exercises

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Reorder the dialogue below according to the what you have heard:

服务员：你们好！你们想喝点儿什么？
顾客1：我要红茶。
顾客2：我们喝绿茶，请给我们来一壶绿茶。
服务员：你们还要点儿什么吗？
顾客1：再来一盘点心。
服务员：嗯，好的。请稍等。
服务员：这是花茶，这是绿茶，还有一盘点心。
顾客2：谢谢。
服务员：不客气，请慢用。

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