服务员：欢迎光临，请问几位？
吴小咪：四位。
苏南：这家店看起来不错，环境很好。
铃美：听说菜也很好吃。
大龙：我们坐这儿吧！
服务员：您好，这是菜单。
大龙：今天我请客，你们想吃什么口味的菜？
吴小咪：我吃什么都可以。
苏南：我喜欢吃辣的。
大龙：那点一个水煮鱼吧，又麻又辣。
铃美：我前几天感冒了，医生说别吃辣的，不然我的嗓子会疼的。
大龙：那我们来一个清淡的，番茄炒蛋怎么样？
铃美：我喜欢番茄炒蛋，酸酸甜甜的，来个大份的吧。
大龙：点个凉菜吧，凉拌黄瓜怎么样？
苏南：再来个凉拌皮蛋！
大龙：苏南，你竟然敢吃皮蛋！
我觉得皮蛋的味道很奇怪。
铃美：萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
你看，你爱吃榴莲，我们就不爱吃。
大龙：哈哈，你说得对，我们来一份皮蛋吧。
再点一个糖醋排骨怎么样？
吴小咪：我觉得不错。
对了，我们还没点汤。
我想喝酸辣汤。
铃美：点蔬菜汤吧，我们有辣的菜，喝点清淡的。
苏南：那也行，主食呢？
炒面还是米饭？
吴小咪：炒面和米饭都点一些，你们还想吃什么？
铃美：我觉得差不多了，不够吃再点吧，别浪费食物。
大龙：好。
服务员！
我们要点菜。
服务员：您请说。
大龙：一份凉拌黄瓜、一份凉拌皮蛋，热菜要水煮鱼、番茄炒蛋和糖醋排骨，汤就要西湖牛肉羹，主食要一大份炒面和四碗米饭。
服务员：好的。
需要饮料吗？
吴小咪：就喝茉莉花茶吧。
服务员：好的，您稍等。
这是我们送的西瓜，几位可以边吃边等。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 请 | qǐng | please (do sth) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 几 | jǐ | how much / how many |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 吴小咪 | Wú Xiǎo mī | a name |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 苏南 | Sūn án | southern Jiangsu; the southern part of Jiangsu Province, China |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 店 | diàn | (bound form) shop; store |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 不错 | bù cuò | not bad / pretty good |
| 环境 | huán jìng | environment / circumstances / surroundings |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 铃美 | Líng měi | Suzumi (a name) |
| 听说 | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) |
| 菜 | cài | dish (of food) |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 大龙 | Dà lóng | a name |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 这儿 | zhè r | here |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 您好 | nín hǎo | hello (polite) |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 菜单 | cài dān | menu |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 请客 | qǐng kè | to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 口味 | kǒu wèi | a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 辣 | là | hot (spicy) / pungent |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 点 | diǎn | to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 水煮 | shuǐ zhǔ | cooked by boiling in water |
| 鱼 | yú | fish |
| 又 | yòu | both... and... |
| 麻 | má | to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 感冒 | gǎn mào | to catch cold |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 别 | bié | don't ...! / (noun suffix) category |
| 不然 | bù rán | or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...? |
| 嗓子 | sǎng zi | throat / voice |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 疼 | téng | (it) hurts; sore |
| 来 | lái | (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) |
| 清淡 | qīng dàn | light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales) |
| 番茄 | fān qié | tomato |
| 炒 | chǎo | to sauté; to stir-fry / to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp / to hype up / to sack; to fire (sb) |
| 蛋 | dàn | egg / oval-shaped thing |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? |
| 酸酸 | suān suān | sour |
| 甜甜 | tián tián | sweet; sugary; delightful and pleasant-tasting |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 份 | fèn | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc |
| 凉 | liáng | cool / cold |
| 凉拌 | liáng bàn | to dress cold food with sauce |
| 黄瓜 | huáng guā | cucumber |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 皮蛋 | pí dàn | century egg; preserved egg |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 竟然 | jìng rán | to one's surprise / to go as far as to |
| 敢 | gǎn | to dare |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 味道 | wèi dào | flavor; taste |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange / odd |
| 萝卜青菜，各有所爱 | luobó qīng cài gè yǒu suǒ ài | Different people like different things; to each their own. |
| 爱 | ài | to love; to be fond of; to like |
| 榴莲 | liú lián | durian fruit / Durio zibethinus |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 哈哈 | hā hā | (onom.) laughing out loud |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 对 | duì | right; correct |
| 糖醋 | táng cù | sweet and sour |
| 排骨 | pái gǔ | pork chop / pork cutlet / spare ribs / (coll.) skinny person |
| 对了 | duì le | Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ... |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 汤 | tāng | soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 酸 | suān | sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical |
| 蔬菜 | shū cài | vegetables |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 行 | xíng | capable; competent / all right; OK!; will do |
| 主食 | zhǔ shí | staple food |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 炒面 | chǎo miàn | stir-fried noodles / "chow mein" |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 米饭 | mǐ fàn | (cooked) rice |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 差不多 | chà bu duō | about the same / good enough / not bad |
| 够 | gòu | enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) |
| 浪费 | làng fèi | to waste / to squander |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 热菜 | rè cài | hot dish; a cooked savory dish served warm |
| 西湖 | Xī hú | Xihu or West lake (place name) / West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
| 羹 | gēng | thick soup |
| 面 | miàn | flour / noodles |
| 碗 | wǎn | bowl / cup |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 饮料 | yǐn liào | drink / beverage |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 茉莉花 | mò li huā | jasmine |
| 茶 | chá | tea / tea plant |
| 稍 | shāo | somewhat / a little |
| 等 | děng | to wait for; to await |
| 送 | sòng | to give (as a present) |
| 西瓜 | xī guā | watermelon |
| 边 | biān | simultaneously |