如果你在中国，你可能会发现中国人一起吃饭的时候，一般都是一个人付钱。
这次这个人请客，下次另一个人请客。
但是越来越多大城市的年轻人一起吃饭，开始不这样做了。
大家一起吃喝之后，自己付自己的钱，也就是我们说的AA制。
这样做很受年轻人欢迎，因为压力不大。
但也还是有很多人不习惯这样的做法。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 吃饭 | chī fàn | to have a meal / to eat |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 一般 | yī bān | generally / in general |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 付 | fù | to pay / to hand over to |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 请客 | qǐng kè | to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner |
| 下 | xià | later / next (week etc) |
| 另 | lìng | other / another / separate |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 之 | zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 制 | zhì | system |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 受 | shòu | subjected to / (passive marker) |
| 欢迎 | huān yíng | welcome |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 压力 | yā lì | pressure |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 习惯 | xí guàn | to be used to |
| 做法 | zuò fǎ | way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice |