12 - Let's hurry up and order! Flashcards
Dialogue:
L: 到了！好饿！
M: 我也是，我们快一点点菜吧！
L: 好，菜单呢？
M: 菜单在这里！看你想吃什么。。。
L: 呃。。。
M: 怎么了？
L: 我看不懂。。。
M: 喔！你看不懂中文字！
L: 对啊，还是看不太懂
M: 那我帮你，来。。。这个是 ”饭“，这边是 “青菜”，然后 这边有 “汤”， 看你要哪一个
L: 我不知道。。。
M: 没关系，还是我帮你点好了
L: 好，谢谢！
M: 不客气！
L: Dàole! Hǎo è!
L: We’re here! So hungry!
M: Wǒ yěshì, wǒmen kuài yīdiǎn diǎn cài ba!
M: Me too, let’s hurry up and order!
L: Hǎo, càidān ne?
L: Ok, and…the menu?
M: Càidān zài zhèlǐ! Kàn nǐ xiǎng chī shénme. . .
M: Here’s the menu! See what you want to eat.
L: È. . .
L: Uh…
M: Zěnmele
M: Something wrong?
L: Wǒ kàn bù dǒng. . .
L: I can’t understand this…
M: Ō! Nǐ kàn bù dǒng zhōngwén zì!
M: Oh! You don’t understand Chinese characters!
L: Duì a, háishì kàn bù tài dǒng
L: Yeah, I still can’t really understand them.
M: Nà wǒ bāng nǐ, lái…Zhège shì” fàn “, zhè biān shì “qīngcài”, ránhòu zhè biān yǒu “tāng”, kàn nǐ yào nǎ yīgè
M: Then I’ll help you, come on…this one is “rice”, this side is “vegetables,”…and then this side has “soup”. Depends which one you want.
L: Wǒ bù zhīdào. . .
L: I don’t know
M: Méiguānxì, háishì wǒ bāng nǐ diǎn hǎole
M: No problem, how about I just help you order.
L: Hǎo, xièxiè!
L: Ok, thanks!
M: Bù kèqì!
M: Don’t mention it!
点菜
Pinyin:
- diǎn cài
Definition:
- to order
菜单
Pinyin:
- càidān
Definition:
- menu
懂
Pinyin:
- dǒng
Definition:
- to understand
看不懂
Pinyin:
- kànbudǒng
Definition:
- be unable to read
到
Pinyin:
- dào
Definition:
- to arrive at
- verb-ending, indicating successful completion of the action of the verb
客
Pinyin:
- kè
Definition:
- guest
气
Pinyin:
- qì
Definition:
- breath
- vapors
- exhalation
- animus
- energy
- soul
客气
Pinyin:
kèqì
Definition:
- polite
- courteous
不客气
Pinyin:
- bù kèqì
Definition:
- don’t mention it!
- you’re welcome!
太
Pinyin:
- tài
Definition:
- extremely
还是
Pinyin:
- háishì
Definition:
- still
- yet
- or
- nevertheless
青
Pinyin:
- qīng
Definition:
- be green or blue
青菜
Pinyin:
- qīngcài
Definition:
- green vegetables
汤
Pinyin:
- tāng
Definition:
- soup
- hot water
