🍽️ Dining at a restaurant in Chinese
Real Chinese for dining at a restaurant — study an example dialogue and key expressions, then role-play it live with AI.
What you'll practice
- Ask about the menu
- Place your order
- Chat over the meal or ask for the bill
Example dialogue
欢迎光临！几位？
Welcome! How many people?
两位。有靠窗的位子吗？
Two. Do you have a table by the window?
有的，这边请。这是菜单。
Yes, this way please. Here's the menu.
你们家有什么招牌菜？
What's your signature dish?
我们的红烧肉和麻婆豆腐都很受欢迎。
Our braised pork and mapo tofu are both very popular.
那来一份红烧肉，再来一个青菜。麻婆豆腐辣不辣？
Then one braised pork and one greens dish. Is the mapo tofu spicy?
有一点辣，可以做微辣的。
It's a bit spicy, but we can make it mild.
那就微辣吧，再来两碗米饭，谢谢。
Mild then, and two bowls of rice too, thanks.
Key expressions
有什么招牌菜？What's the signature dish?
来一份红烧肉One order of braised pork, please
辣不辣？Is it spicy?
做微辣的Make it mildly spicy
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