{"id":10764,"date":"2019-11-17T12:08:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T12:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-077-restaurants-1\/"},"modified":"2019-11-17T12:08:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T12:08:26","slug":"lesson-077-restaurants-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/lesson-077-restaurants-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 077 \u2013 Restaurants 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, the best thing a<em><\/em>bout China definitely has to be the  food.&nbsp; There are so many different cuisines, I feel like I have been  eating non-stop since I got here.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; Yes, China is famous for its  scrumptious food, and we are going to start a two-week long look at  different foods and how to speak in a restaurant on our Chinese Studio.<br \/>  Cam: Ah, I am getting hungry at the thought. We can&rsquo;t start this soon enough!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day<\/strong> <br \/>  \u6b22\u8fce\u5149\u4e34(huan1ying2  guang1lin2)\u3002Welcome.&nbsp; \u8bf7\u5750(qing3 zuo4)\u3002Please be seated. \u5403(chi1), to eat.  \u60a8\u5403\u70b9\u513f\u4ec0\u4e48(nin2 chi1 dianr3 shenme2)\uff1f What would you like to eat? \u559d(he1), to  drink. \u60a8\u559d\u70b9\u513f\u4ec0\u4e48(nin2 he1 dianr3 shenme2)\uff1fWhat would you like to drink?&nbsp;  All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Cam: So Yajie, when I walk into a restaurant, they often say something to me to welcome me. Something like &#8230;&#8230;What is that? <br \/>  YJ: Usually it&rsquo;s\u6b22\u8fce\u5149\u4e34(huan1ying2 guang1lin2), Welcome.<br \/>  Cam: \u6b22\u8fce\u5149\u4e34(huan1ying2 guang1lin2). <br \/>  YJ: \u6b22\u8fce, h-u-a-n, y-i-n-g, the first tone, and the second tone. <br \/>  Cam: \u6b22\u8fce. Right?<br \/>  YJ: Yes. And \u5149\u4e34 shows the respect for the consumers. \u5149\u4e34, g-u-a&mdash;n-g, l-i-n.<br \/>  Cam: \u5149\u4e34 (guang1lin2) also the first tone, and the second tone.. <br \/>  YJ:\u3000\u6b22\u8fce\u5149\u4e34(huan1ying2 guang1lin2), Welcome.<br \/>  Cam: \u6b22\u8fce\u5149\u4e34(huan1ying2 guang1lin2).<br \/>  YJ: You may also hear\u6b22\u8fce\u5149\u4e34(huan1ying2 guang1lin2) when entering a department store and so on. <br \/>  Cam: Ok, I understand this now.&nbsp;\u6b22\u8fce\u5149\u4e34(huan1ying2 guang1lin2) , Welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<\/p>\n<p>YJ: After you enter the restaurant, a waiter or waitress will lead  you to a table. Generally speaking, if there are more than four people,  you will be taken to a large table. <br \/>  Cam: Ok. I see. Then he or say will say\u8bf7\u5750(qing3 zuo4)\u3002Please be seated. Right? <br \/>  YJ: Yes. \u8bf7(qing3) means please. And \u5750(zuo4)&nbsp;means to sit down. , the fourth tone. <br \/>  Cam: \u5750 (zuo4), to sit down. And &ldquo;Please be seated&rdquo; then \u8bf7\u5750(qing3 zuo4).<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<br \/>  &nbsp;<br \/>  YJ: Then you will be asked to order dishes. You may hear this: \u60a8\u5403\u70b9\u513f\u4ec0\u4e48(nin2 chi1 dianr3 shenme2)\uff1fWhat would you like to eat? <br \/>  Cam: \u60a8\u5403\u70b9\u513f\u4ec0\u4e48(nin2 chi1 dianr3 shenme2)\uff1f<br \/>  YJ: \u60a8 (nin2)is&nbsp;the polite form of \u4f60(ni3). <br \/>  Cam: \u60a8 (nin2).<br \/>  YJ: And \u5403, c-h-i, the first tone, means to eat.<br \/>  Cam: \u5403(chi1). <br \/>  YJ:  \u5403\u70b9\u513f(chi1 dianr3), to eat a little bit. Here\u70b9\u513f( dianr3) is short for \u4e00\u70b9\u513f  ( y&igrave; dianr3)\uff0cwhich means a little bit. \u5403\u70b9\u513f(chi1 dianr3).<br \/>  Cam: \u5403\u70b9\u513f(chi1 dianr3).But that means I just have to eat just a little bit?<br \/>  YJ:  Well here&#8217;s the thing that I&rsquo;d like to point out. Although here the  waiter or waitress says \u5403\u70b9\u513f (chi1 dianr3), to eat a little bit,  actually,&nbsp;it doesn&rsquo;t mean you could order o<em><\/em>nly a little bit. Instead you  can order anything that you want. <br \/>  Cam: OK. But sometimes I hear waitress say &ldquo;\u60a8\u5403\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f&rdquo; There is no \u70b9\u513f &ldquo;dianr3&rdquo;.<br \/>  YJ:  It&rsquo;s all right to say\u60a8\u5403\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1fBut this&nbsp;sounds too direct and a little bit  imprudent. So usually waitresses would say\u60a8\u5403\u70b9\u513f\u4ec0\u4e48(nin2 chi1 dianr3  shenme2)\uff1f<br \/>  Cam: \u60a8\u5403\u70b9\u513f\u4ec0\u4e48(nin2 chi1 dianr3 shenme2)\uff1f<br \/>  YJ: Next comes to \u559d(he1) which&nbsp;means to drink. H-e, the first tone. <br \/>  Cam: \u559d(he). Now I know how they say &ldquo;What would you like to drink?&rdquo;. It would be \u60a8\u559d\u70b9\u513f\u4ec0\u4e48(nin2 he1 dianr3 shenme2)\uff1f<br \/>  YJ: Exactly. \u60a8\u559d\u70b9\u513f\u4ec0\u4e48(nin2 he1 dianr3 shenme2)\uff1fWhat would you like to drink?<\/p>\n<p>Conversation3:<\/p>\n<p>Key Words Reminder<br \/>  \u6b22\u8fce\u5149\u4e34(huan1ying2 guang1lin2)\u3002Welcome.&nbsp;\u8bf7\u5750(qing3  zuo4)\u3002Please be seated. \u5403, to eat. \u60a8\u5403\u70b9\u513f\u4ec0\u4e48(nin2 chi1 dianr3 shenme2)\uff1f  What would you like to eat? \u559d, to drink. \u60a8\u559d\u70b9\u513f\u4ec0\u4e48(nin2 he1 dianr3  shenme2)\uff1fWhat would you like to drink?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-1142221972\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cam: Yajie, the best thing about China definitely has to be the  food.&nbsp; There are so many different cuisines, I feel like I have been  eating non-stop since I got here.<br \/>\n  YJ:&nbsp; Yes, China is famous for its  scrumptious food, and we are going to start a two-week long look at  different foods and how to speak in a restaurant on our Chinese Studio.<br \/>\n  Cam: Ah, I am getting hungry at the thought. We can&rsquo;t start this soon enough!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2853],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-10764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":168,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}