Basic Chinese 1 - At the Restaurant

Dialogue - Ordering food

Mr and Mrs Wang arrive at the restaurant and order their food.

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服务员：	欢迎光临！请问有预定吗？
Fúwùyuán:	Huānyíng guānglín! Qǐngwèn yǒu yùdìng ma?
Waiter:	Welcome. May I ask if you have a reservation?
王先生：	有。我姓王。
Wáng xiānsheng:	Yǒu. Wǒ xìng Wáng.
Mr Wang:	We have. My name is Wang.
服务员：	好，请跟我来。
Fúwùyuán:	Hǎo, qǐng gēn wǒ lái.
Waiter:	Fine. Please come with me.
服务员：	你们想吃点儿什么？
Fúwùyuán:	Nǐmen xiǎng chī diǎnr shénme?
Waiter:	What would you like to eat?
王先生：	我们要一只烤鸭，一个红烧牛肉和一个西兰花。
Wáng xiānsheng:	Wǒmen yào yī zhǐ kǎoyā, yī ge hóngshāo niúròu hé yī ge xīlánhuā.
Mr Wang:	We would like roast duck, beef braised in soya sauce and broccoli.
王太太：	再来二十个饺子和三碗米饭。
Wáng tàitai:	Zài lái èrshí ge jiǎozi hé sān wǎn mǐfàn.
Mrs Wang:	We would also like twenty dumplings and three bowls of rice.
服务员：	好，你们喝点儿什么？
Fúwùyuán:	Hǎo, nǐmen hē diǎnr shénme?
Waiter:	Ok, would you like something to drink?
王太太：	我们要一壶花茶。
Wáng tàitai:	Wǒmen yào yī hú huāchá.
Mrs Wang:	We would like a pot of scented tea.

Vocabulary

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

hp	欢迎光临	huānyíng guānglín	welcome
hp	预定	yùdìng	reservation
hp	跟	gēn	with
hp	来	lái	to come
hp	想	xiǎng	would like
hp	吃	chī	[measure word for small animals]
hp	只	zhī	eat
hp	烤鸭	kǎoyā	roast duck
hp	红烧	hóngshāo	braised in soya sauce
hp	牛肉	niúròu	beef
hp	和	hé	and
hp	西兰花	xīlánhuā	broccoli
hp	再	zài	also
hp	来	lái	to bring
hp	饺子	jiǎozi	dumplings
hp	碗	wǎn	bowl
hp	米饭	mǐfàn	rice
hp	壶	hú	pot
hp	花茶	huāchá	scented tea

Exercises

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

服务员：欢迎光临！请问有预定吗？
王先生：有。我姓王。
服务员：好，请跟我来。
服务员：你们想吃点儿什么？
王先生：我们要一只烤鸭，一个红烧牛肉和一个西兰花。
王太太：再来二十个饺子和三碗米饭。
服务员：好，你们喝点儿什么？
王太太：我们要一壶花茶。

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