{"id":10768,"date":"2019-11-17T16:10:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T16:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-081-restaurants-1\/"},"modified":"2019-11-17T16:10:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T16:10:43","slug":"lesson-081-restaurants-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/lesson-081-restaurants-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 081 \u2013 Restaurants (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Cam:&nbsp; Yajie, last week was fabulous on Chinese Studio.&nbsp;  We learned what to say when we walk into a restaurant, and some very  unique dishes that we can try.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; Yes.Well Cam, a dinner isn&rsquo;t complete unless you have something to wash all that food down with.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; Right.&nbsp; I need something to drink!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day<\/strong> <br \/>  Beer \u5564\u9152(pi2jiu3)\u3002Water  \u6c34(shui3)\u3002Tea\u3002\u8336(cha2)\u3002 Orange Juice\u6a59\u6c41(cheng2zhi1)\u3002 Coffee\uff0c\u5496\u5561(ka1fei1)\u3002  Cola\u3002\u53ef\u4e50(ke3le4)\u3002All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Cam:&nbsp; Alright Yajie.&nbsp; We learned a<em><\/em>bout some spicy Sichuan food last  week, and I know a nice cold beer would go well with that.&nbsp; So how do I  ask for a bottle of beer?<br \/>  YJ: You may say &ldquo;\u6211\u8981\u4e00\u74f6\u5564\u9152(wo3 yao4 yi4 ping2 pi2jiu3)&rdquo;.<br \/>  Cam: \u6211\u8981\u4e00\u74f6\u5564\u9152(wo3 yao4 yi4 ping2 pi2jiu3).<br \/>  YJ: Right,\u6211(wo3) means I. \u8981(yao4) means want. y-a-o, the fourth tone. <br \/>  Cam: \u6211(wo3) \u8981(yao4) <br \/>  YJ: \u4e00(yi4), means one. \u74f6(ping2), p-i-n-g, the second tone, means bottle. <br \/>  Cam: \u4e00\u74f6 (yi4 ping2) one bottle. <br \/>  YJ: \u5564\u9152 (pi2jiu3), beer.<br \/>  Cam: \u5564\u9152 (pi2jiu3). <br \/>  YJ: \u6211\u8981\u4e00\u74f6\u5564\u9152(wo3 yao4 yi4 ping2 pi2jiu3), I&rsquo;d like to have a bottle of beer.<br \/>  Cam: \u6211\u8981\u4e00\u74f6\u5564\u9152(wo3 yao4 yi4 ping2 pi2jiu3).<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Now I&rsquo;m thirsty and want to have a cup of water. So how do you say that? <br \/>  YJ: \u6211\u8981\u4e00\u676f\u6c34\u3002(wo3 yao4 yi4 bei1 shui3).<br \/>  Cam: cup in Chinese is \u676f(bei1), right?&nbsp; <br \/>  YJ: Yes. \u676f(bei1), b-e-i, the first tone. <br \/>  Cam: \u676f(bei1).<br \/>  YJ: And \u6c34(shui3) is water. S-h-u-i, the third tone.<br \/>  Cam: \u6c34(shui3). <br \/>  YJ: \u6211\u8981\u4e00\u676f\u6c34\u3002(wo3 yao4 yi4 bei1 shui3).<br \/>  Cam: \u6211\u8981\u4e00\u676f\u6c34\u3002(wo3 yao4 yi4 bei1 shui3), I want to have a cup of water. <br \/>  YJ: I know many foreigners are fond of Chinese tea. How a<em><\/em>bout you, Cam? <br \/>  Cam: Chinese teas is pretty good at times.Tea in Chinese is \u8336 (cha2), right? <br \/>  YJ: Yes. It is. \u8336 (cha2), c-h-a, the second tone. <br \/>  Cam: \u8336 (cha2). <br \/>  YJ:  You know, there are various types of Chinese tea, such as  \u9f99\u4e95\u8336(long2jing3cha2), Dragon Well tea; \u83ca\u82b1\u8336(ju3hua1cha2), chrysanthemum  tea; \u7ea2\u8336(hong2cha2), black tea; and \u7eff\u8336(lv4cha2), green tea. <br \/>  Cam: I think my favorite is\u9f99\u4e95\u8336(long2jing3cha2), Dragon Well tea.<br \/>  YJ: Now how do you say &ldquo;I want a cup of tea.&rdquo; in Chinese?&nbsp; <br \/>  Cam: I think it&rsquo;s&nbsp; \u6211\u8981\u4e00\u676f\u8336\u3002(wo3 yao4 yi4 bei1 cha2).<br \/>  YJ: Good.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<\/p>\n<p>Cam: I&rsquo;d like to order some other drinks for ladies at the table, how a<em><\/em>bout some orange juice? <br \/>  YJ: Cam, you are always considerate. Orange juice in Chinese is\u6a59\u6c41(cheng2zhi1).<br \/>  Cam: \u6a59\u6c41(cheng2zhi1).<br \/>  YJ: Yes. \u6a59(cheng2) is orange. C-h-e-n-g, the second tone. <br \/>  Cam: \u6a59(cheng2).<br \/>  YJ: \u6c41(zhi1), z-h-i, the first tone, means juice. <br \/>  Cam: \u6c41(zhi1).<br \/>  YJ: \u6a59\u6c41(cheng2zhi1).<br \/>  Cam: \u6a59\u6c41(cheng2zhi1) , orange juice. So what&rsquo;s Chinese for coffee?<br \/>  YJ: It&rsquo;s \u5496\u5561(ka1fei1)\u3002<br \/>  Cam: \u5496\u5561(ka1fei1). All in the first tone? <br \/>  YJ: Right. Now I&rsquo;ll tell you another word, \u53ef\u4e50(ke3le4)\u3002<br \/>  Cam: \u53ef\u4e50(ke3le4)\u3002That sounds like cola. <br \/>  YJ: yes. It is cola. \u53ef\u4e50(ke3le4)\u3002<br \/>  Cam: \u53ef\u4e50(ke3le4)\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Conversation3:<\/p>\n<p>Key Words Reminder <br \/>  Beer \u5564\u9152(pi2jiu3)\u3002Water \u6c34(shui3)\u3002Tea\u3002\u8336(cha2)\u3002Orange Juice\u6a59\u6c41(cheng2zhi1)\u3002Coffee\uff0c\u5496\u5561(ka1fei1)\u3002 Cola, \u53ef\u4e50(ke3le4)\u3002<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-408387351\"><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:&nbsp; Yajie, last week was fabulous on Chinese Studio.&nbsp;  We learned what to say when we walk into a restaurant, and some very  unique dishes that we can try.<br \/>\n  YJ:&nbsp; Yes.Well Cam, a dinner isn&rsquo;t complete unless you have something to wash all that food down with.<br \/>\n  Cam:&nbsp; Right.&nbsp; I need something to drink!<\/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":[370,98],"class_list":["post-10768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-for","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":258,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}