LESSON NOTES

3-Minute Chinese S1 #22

Ordering at a Restaurant

CONTENTS
2 Simplified Chinese
2 Traditional Chinese
2 Pinyin
2 English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
6 Cultural Insight

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 SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

1. 我能看一下菜单吗？

2. 你有什么推荐的吗？

3. 我要咖啡。

4. 我要一杯咖啡。

TRADITIONAL CHINESE

1. 我能看一下菜單嗎？

2. 你有甚麼推薦的嗎？

3. 我要咖啡。

4. 我要一杯咖啡。

PINYIN

1. Wǒ néng kàn yíxià càidān ma ?

2. nǐ yǒu shénme tuījiàn de ma ?

3. Wǒ yào kāfēi .

4. Wǒ yào yì bēi kāfēi .

ENGLISH
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1. Can I see the menu?

2. What do you recommend?

3. A coffee for me.

4. I would like a coffee.

VOCABULARY

S implifie d Tr aditional Pinyin English C lass

能 néng can verb

看一下 kàn yíxià to have a look verb

我 我 wǒ I pronoun

菜单 càidān menu noun

吗 ma question marker particle

你 你 nǐ you pronoun

有 有 yǒu to have verb

什么 shénme what pronoun

things to
推荐的 tuījiàn de recommend noun

要 要 yào to want verb

咖啡 咖啡 kāfēi coffee noun

一 一 yī one number

杯 杯 bēi cup measure word

SAMPLE SENTENCES

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我叫王林。 是你吗？
Wǒ jiào Wáng Lín. Shì nǐ ma?

I am called Wang Lin. Is it you?

我没有钱。 他们院子里有太多垃圾了。
Wǒ méiyǒu qián . tāmen yuànzi lǐ yǒu tài duō lājī le .

I have no money. They have too much garbage in their

garden.

这儿有图书馆吗？ 他要一张纸。
Zhèr yǒu túshūguǎn ma? Tā yào yì zhāng zhǐ.

Is there a library around here? He wants a piece of paper.

我每天都要喝咖啡。 我要喝咖啡。
Wǒ měi tiān dōu yào hē kāfēi . Wǒ yào hē kāfēi.

I have to drink coffee everyday. I want to drink coffee.

他给我一本书。 我想喝一杯咖啡。
Tā gěi wǒ yī běn shū. Wǒ xiǎng hē yī bēi kāfēi.

He gave me a book. I want to drink a cup of coffee.

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to order at a restaurant or coffee shop.

Register Thai Romanization English

Wǒ néng kàn
我能看一下 yíxià càidān Can I see the
Phrase 1 formal
菜单吗 ？ ma ? menu?

Word 1 我 wǒ I

Word 2 能 néng can

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Word 3 看一下 kàn yíxià to have a look

Word 4 菜单 càidān menu

question
Word 5 吗 ma marker

nǐ yǒu
你有什么推 shénme What do you
Phrase 2 formal
荐的吗 ？ tuījiàn de ma ? recommend?

Word 1 你 nǐ you

Word 2 有 yǒu to have

Word 3 什么 shénme what

things to
Word 4 推荐的 tuījiàn de recommend

question
Word 5 吗 ma marker

A coffee for
Phrase 3 formal 我要咖啡 。 Wǒ yào kāfēi . me.

Word 1 我 wǒ I

Word 2 要 yào to want

Word 3 咖啡 kāfēi coffee

我要一杯咖 Wǒ yào yì bēi I would like a

Phrase 4 formal 啡。 kāfēi . coffee.

Word 1 我 wǒ I

Word 2 要 yào to want

Word 3 一 yì one

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Word 4 杯 bēi cup

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Do you know how to get a waiter or waitress’s attention in China? It’s simple. Most times, to
get service in a restaurant, just yell 服务员 (fúwùyuán) to call them over to your table for
service. Don't be shy!

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