Basic Chinese 1 - Ordering Food and Drink

Dialogue - Specifying what you want

Specifying what you want

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服务员:	欢迎光临。你们喝点儿什么？
Fúwùyuán:	Huānyíng guānglín. Nǐmen hē diǎnr shénme?
Waiter:	Welcome. What would you like to drink?
女顾客:	我要一杯柠檬茶？你呢？
Nǚ gùkè:	Wǒ yǎo yī bēi níngméng chá. Nǐ ne?
Female guest:	I would like a cup of lemon tea. What about you?
男顾客:	我要一杯咖啡。
Nán gùkè:	Wǒ yào yī bēi kāfēi.
Male guest:	I would like a cup of coffee.
服务员:	小姐，您的柠檬茶要热的还是凉的？
Fúwùyuán:	Xiǎojie, Nín de níngméng chá yào rè de háishi liáng de?
Waiter:	Madam, do you take your lemon tea hot or cold?
女顾客:	凉的，加冰。
Nǚ gùkè:	Liáng de, jiā bīng.
Female guest:	Cold, with ice please.
服务员:	好的。先生，您的咖啡要加奶和糖吗？
Fúwùyuán:	Hǎo de. Xiānsheng, nín de kāfēi yào jiā nǎi hé táng ma?
Waiter:	Ok, Sir, would you like milk and sugar in your coffee?
男顾客:	请给我加一点儿奶，不要放糖。
Nán gùkè:	Qǐng gěi wǒ jiā yī diǎnr nǎi, bù yào fàng táng.
Male guest:	I would like some milk, no sugar please.

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	欢迎光临	huānyíng guānglín	Welcome
hp	杯	bēi	glass, cup
hp	柠檬茶	níngméng chá	lemon tea
hp	咖啡	kāfēi	coffee
hp	小姐	xiǎojie	Miss
hp	热	rè	hot
hp	还是	háishi	or
hp	凉	liáng	cold
hp	的	de	[particle referring to a missing noun]
hp	加	jiā	add
hp	冰	bīng	ice
hp	奶	nǎi	milk
hp	糖	táng	sugar
hp	放	fàng	to put, to place

Exercises

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

服务员: 欢迎光临。你们喝点儿什么？
女顾客: 我要一杯柠檬茶？你呢？
男顾客: 我要一杯咖啡。
服务员: 小姐，您的柠檬茶要热的还是凉的？
女顾客: 凉的，加冰。
服务员: 好的。先生，您的咖啡要加奶和糖吗？
男顾客: 请给我加一点儿奶，不要放糖。

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