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?