对话（1）服务员：欢迎光临。
顾客：我们昨天打电话预订了一个十人桌。
服务员：请问预订手机号是哪个？
顾客：13950647983。
服务员：没问题，给您准备的是6号包间。
请这边走。
对话（2）服务员：您好，请问有预订吗？
顾客：没有预订。
还有位置吗？
服务员：几位？
顾客：三位。
服务员：有的，这边请。
对话（3）顾客A：坐哪儿？
顾客B：坐这儿吧。
顾客A：这里离空调太近了，我们坐里面吧，风小一些。
顾客B：好的。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 对话 | duì huà | dialogue; conversation |
| 服务员 | fú wù yuán | waiter / waitress / attendant / customer service personnel |
| 欢迎 | huān yíng | welcome |
| 光临 | guāng lín | (formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend |
| 顾客 | gù kè | customer; client |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 打 | dǎ | a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings |
| 电话 | diàn huà | telephone / phone call |
| 预订 | yù dìng | to place an order / to book ahead |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 桌 | zhuō | table / desk |
| 请问 | qǐng wèn | Excuse me, may I ask...? |
| 手机 | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone |
| 号 | hào | (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call / (bound form) mark; sign / (bound form) name; appellation / (after a numeral) number designation / day of the month / (bound form) size; type; category |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 哪 | nǎ | which |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | to prepare / to intend / to be about to |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 包间 | bāo jiān | private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc) / parlor / booth / compartment |
| 请 | qǐng | please (do sth) |
| 这边 | zhè biān | this side |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 您好 | nín hǎo | hello (polite) |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 位置 | wèi zhì | position / place / seat |
| 几 | jǐ | how much / how many |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 哪儿 | nǎ r | where? |
| 这儿 | zhè r | here |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | here |
| 离 | lí | (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of |
| 空调 | kōng tiáo | air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 近 | jìn | near / close to |
| 里面 | lǐ miàn | inside / interior |
| 风 | fēng | wind / news / style / custom / manner |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 好的 | hǎo de | okay; all right; got it |