Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary

够了/就要这些 Gòu le / jiù yào zhè xiē

that will be all for now

可以坐这儿吗？Kěyǐ zuò zhè'er ma?

Can we sit here?

饿 (è)

hungry

餐厅 (cān tīng)
餐馆（cān guǎn）

restaurant, dining room (usually decorated in western style, can be cafe too)

饭店 (fàndiàn)

nicer restaurant (https://freewechat.com/a/MjM5OTAOTAMQ==/211922522/1)

服务员 (fú wù yuán)

waiter/waitress

小费" (xiǎo fèi)

gratuity (small fee), say this when hanging the waiter a tip

几位 (jǐ wèi)?

— How many people?

等一下 (děng yī xià)

wait/just a moment

菜单 (cài dān)

menu

___ 杯水 (___ bēi shǔi)

May we have ___ glasses of water please?

一壶茶 (yī hú chá)

May we have a pot of tea please?

红茶 (hóng chá)

Black tea (Although this is literally translated "red tea," it refers to what Westerners know as black tea)

黑茶 (hēi chá)

Chinese black tea. (Chinese black tea is very dark and strong. It's basically the tea version of coffee.)

绿茶 (lǜ chá)

green tea

可以加热水 (kě yǐ jiā rè shǔi)

please add hot water

有筷子吗 (yǒu kuài zi ma)?

Do you have chopsticks?

有勺子吗 (yǒu shǎo zi ma)

Do you have spoons?

可以刷卡吗 (kě yǐ shuā kǎ ma)

Do you accept cards?

带走 (dài zǒu) — Take out

辣/不辣 (là/bú là)

Spicy/not spicy

面条 (miàn tiáo) (麵條)

Flour noodles

米线 (mǐ xiàn)

rice noodles

羊肉 (yáng ròu)

lamb

鸭肉 (yā ròu) (鴨)

duck

猪肉 (zhū) (豬)

pork

one rule for changing from trad to simplified Chinese

- traditional Chinese characters frequently contain the radical 車.
- reformers almost always wrote this character as 车 (chē, which means "vehicle" in English) in the simplified version of Chinese characters.

這

这 zhè (this/these)

為

为 wéi / wèi (act as, take...to be, to be, to do, to serve as, to become / because of, for, to)

來

来 lái (to come)

個

个 gè(a measure word), individual)

們

们 men(plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns)

説

说 shuō (to speak, to say)

國

国 guó (country, state, nation)

時

时 shí (time, when, hour, period, season)

後

后 hòu (back, behind, rear, afterwards, after, later)

對

对 duì (couple, pair, to be opposite, to oppose, to face, for, to, correct (answer), to answer, to reply, to direct (towards something), right)

多(duō)

many, much, a lot of, numerous, multi-

茄子 (qié zi)

eggplant

番茄 (fānqié)

tomato

葱 cōng

green onions

豆腐 (dòu fu)

tofu

土豆 tǔ dòu

potato

白菜 (bái cài)

Chinese cabbage

饺子 (jiǎo zi)

dumplings

包子 (bāo zi)

steamed buns

米饭 (mǐ fàn)

rice

炒饭 (chǎo fàn)

fried rice

北京烤鸭 (Běijīng kǎoyā)

(Běijīng kǎo yā)

麻婆豆腐

mapo tofu (má pó dòu fu)

糖醋里脊 táng cù lǐ jí

sweet and sour pork

馄饨 / 抄手 / 云吞 hún tún/ chāo shǒu/ yún tūn

wontons

春卷 chūn juǎn

spring roll

火锅 huǒ guō

hot pot

有五人桌吗？Yǒu wǔ rén zhuō ma?

Table for five? (zhuo zi is table)

有英语的菜单吗？Yǒu yīng yǔ de cài dān ma?

Do you have an English menu?

我想加菜 wǒ xiǎng jiā cài

I want to order more dishes

我没点这个菜 wǒ méi diǎn zhè ge cài

I did not order this

在那儿付钱？zài nà'er fù qián?

where should I pay?

我们分开付款 wǒ men fēn kāi fù kuǎn

we would like to pay separately (fu is pay)

炒鸡蛋 chǎo jī dàn (炒雞蛋)

scrambled eggs

预订 ( yùdìng )

reservation

分钟 (fēnzhōng)

minute

小时 (xiǎoshí)

hour

洗手间在哪里

Where is the bathroom?

好困

sleepy

女久不见hao jiu bu jian

long tome no see

你在干吗

What are you doing?

你怎么知道？(Nǐ zěnme zhīdào? )

how do you know?!

你人真好 ni ren zhen hao

thats really nice of you

打扰你一下da rao ni yi xia

sorry to bother you

振作

to cheer up (cheer up!)

不值得

it's not worth it (such as when someones crying)

我搞砸了

i screwed up , i did something wrong

保重

take care (to take care) (can say for goodbye)

无聊死了

bored, boring (e.g zhe ge dian ying..)

搞定 gao ding

finished, done (can use it by itself such as just gao ding)

环境 huán jìng

environment

祝贺你 (zhùhè ni 祝賀)

congratulations

na shi shen me

what is that

别担心 bie dan xin

don't worry

下一个, 接下来

next

然后

after

tong yi 同意

to agree

xi wang 希望

to hope; to wish

shang ren 商人

businessman

zhong yao 重要

important

常常 (chángcháng)

often, frequently

午饭

lunch

huo zhe 或者

or, possibly, maybe

比如

for example

挺 ting3

quite

la 辣

spicy

可乐 kělè

cola

奶茶

milk tea

酸梅汤 (suān méi tāng)

sour plum juice

茄子

eggplant

竹子 zhúzi

bamboo

最近怎么样？

How have you been recently?

工作忙不忙？

Are you busy at work?