对话（1）顾客：服务员，买单。
服务员：好的，一共850元。
顾客：我先付，然后你们微信转给我吧。
可以刷卡吗？
服务员：不好意思，今天刷卡的机器坏了。
顾客：那我用现金吧。
服务员：没问题。
对话（2）顾客：多少钱？
服务员：一共490元。
微信还是支付宝？
顾客：我用支付宝。
剩下的菜打包。
服务员：好的，您扫这儿。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 对话 | duì huà | dialogue; conversation |
| 顾客 | gù kè | customer; client |
| 服务员 | fú wù yuán | waiter / waitress / attendant / customer service personnel |
| 买单 | mǎi dān | to pay the restaurant bill |
| 好的 | hǎo de | okay; all right; got it |
| 一共 | yī gòng | in total; altogether |
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / era (of a reign) / (geology) eon |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 付 | fù | to pay / to hand over to |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 微信 | Wēi xìn | Weixin or WeChat |
| 转 | zhuǎn | to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 刷 | shuā | to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm |
| 卡 | kǎ | (loanword) card |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si | to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 机器 | jī qì | machine |
| 坏 | huài | to break down |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 现金 | xiàn jīn | cash |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much?; how many? / what number? |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 支付宝 | Zhī fù bǎo | Alipay, online payment platform |
| 剩下 | shèng xià | to remain; to be left over |
| 菜 | cài | dish (of food) |
| 打包 | dǎ bāo | to wrap; to pack / to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out / (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file) |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 扫 | sǎo | to sweep / to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan |
| 这儿 | zhè r | here |