Snacks39Order dinner in Mandarin
Practice ordering dinner in a Chengdu restaurant: get seated, choose a dish and a drink, ask for the bill and pay, with staff who answer back.
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What you do in this scene
- 1Get seated
- 2Order a main dish
- 3Order a drink
- 4Ask for the bill
- 5Pay
- 6Leave
Phrases you will use
Get seated
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两位。liǎng wèi. · Two people.
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。jiù wǒ yí ge. · Just me.
Order a main dish
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。lái yí ge gōngbǎo jīdīng. · A kung pao chicken, please.
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？nǐmen zhèr shénme hǎochī? · What's good here?
Order a drink
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一瓶。zài lái yì píng kělè. · And a bottle of coke.
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酸梅汤？yǒu suānméi tāng ma? · Do you have sour plum drink?
Ask for the bill
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？duōshao qián? · How much?
Pay
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？kěyǐ wēixìn ma? · Can I pay with WeChat?
Leave
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，！xièxie, zàijiàn! · Thanks, bye!
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，！wǒ zǒu le, xièxie! · I'm off, thanks!
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Get seated
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？yǒu wèizi ma? · Is there a table?
Order a main dish
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我要一份。wǒ yào yí fèn mápó dòufu. · I'll have the mapo tofu.
Ask for the bill
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，！fúwùyuán, mǎidān! · Waiter, the bill!
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，。jiézhàng, xièxie. · Check, please.
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？yígòng duōshao qián? · How much altogether?
Pay
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？wǒ sǎo nǐ háishi nǐ sǎo wǒ? · Do I scan you or you scan me?
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？zhīfùbǎo kěyǐ ma? · Is Alipay OK?
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。gěi nǐ xiànjīn. · Here's cash.
What they'll say to you
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Host欢迎光临！几位？huānyíng guānglín! jǐ wèi? · Welcome! How many?
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Server您好，需要点什么？nín hǎo, xūyào diǎn shénme? · Hello, what can I get you?
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Server好的，有需要再叫我。hǎo de, yǒu xūyào zài jiào wǒ. · OK, call me if you need anything.
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Host慢走，欢迎下次再来！màn zǒu, huānyíng xià cì zài lái! · Take care, come again!
These scenes are set in mainland China, so the phrases are Mandarin as spoken there.
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