{"id":16303,"date":"2019-11-10T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/teaching-examination\/lesson-083-restaurants-3-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-10T00:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T00:00:05","slug":"lesson-083-restaurants-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/lesson-083-restaurants-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 083 \u2013Restaurants (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \t<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/res.hjfile.cn\/pt\/vendor\/hjplayer.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>HJPlayer.init(\"hjptype=song&player=1&son=https:\/\/f1.w.hjfile.cn\/file\/201107\/lesson083.MP3&autoplay=no&caption=false&lrc=&autoreplay=1&bgcolor=FFFFFF&width=200&height=20\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>  \t&nbsp;Yajie:&nbsp; Cam, you should be an expert now when ordering food in a Chinese restaurant.<br \/>  \tCam:&nbsp; Yes, for the last couple of weeks on Chinese Studio, we&#39;ve been learning how to order food, drinks, call the waiter or waitress over, and all sorts of useful expressions.&nbsp; But now the meal is ending, I&#39;m full and we need to wrap up the transaction.<br \/>  \tYajie:&nbsp; Okay, but we have one more restaurant lesson.&nbsp; Let&#39;s check Key Words of the Day.<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>Key Words of the Day<\/strong><br \/>  \tExcuse me, can I get the bill? \u670d\u52a1\u5458\uff0c\u4e70\u5355\u3002\uff08fu2wu4yuan2, mai3dan1.\uff09 How much is it? \u591a\u5c11\u94b1\uff1f(duo1shao3 qian2) Can I get a receipt? \u5f00\u5f20\u53d1\u7968(kai1 zhang1 fa1piao4 ) How late are you open until?\u4f60\u4eec\u51e0\u70b9\u5173\u95e8\uff1f(ni3men2 ji3 dian3 guan1 men2\uff09. All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>  \tCam: Okay Yajie&hellip;.after eating all of this marvellous Chinese food, I&#39;m now full.&nbsp; And ready to go home or maybe even better go for a walk!&nbsp; So how do I ask for the bill?<br \/>  \tYajie: Well, you should say\u670d\u52a1\u5458\uff0c\u4e70\u5355\u3002\uff08fu2wu4yuan2, mai3dan1.\uff09<br \/>  \tCam:&nbsp; \u670d\u52a1\u5458\uff0c\u4e70\u5355\u3002\uff08fu2wu4yuan2, mai3dan1.\uff09<br \/>  \tYajie: \u670d\u52a1\u5458(fu2wu4yuan2), waiter or waitress. We learned it in our last lesson.<br \/>  \tCam: Right, \u670d\u52a1\u5458(fu2wu4yuan2).<br \/>  \tYajie: \u4e70\u5355 (mai3dan1), to pay for the bill.<br \/>  \tCam: \u4e70\u5355 (mai3dan1)<br \/>  \tYajie: \u4e70 (mai3) means buy. M-a-i, the third tone.<br \/>  \tCam: \u4e70(mai3).<br \/>  \tYajie: \u5355(dan1), d-a-n, the first tone. Here it means bill.<br \/>  \tCam: \u5355(dan1)<br \/>  \tYajie: \u670d\u52a1\u5458\uff0c\u4e70\u5355\u3002\uff08fu2wu4yuan2, mai3dan1.\uff09<br \/>  \tCam: \u670d\u52a1\u5458\uff0c\u4e70\u5355\u3002\uff08fu2wu4yuan2, mai3dan1.\uff09<\/p>\n<p>  \tConversation1:<\/p>\n<p>  \tYajie: From the previous conversation you may have found the way of asking &ldquo;how much is it?&rdquo;<br \/>  \tCam: Yes. In Chinese we&#39;ve learned it before, it&rsquo;s\u591a\u5c11\u94b1\uff1f(duo1shao3 qian2)<br \/>  \tYajie: \u591a\u5c11\u94b1\uff1f(duo1shao qian2), how much is it?<br \/>  \tCam: \u94b1, q-i-a-n, the second tone, right?<br \/>  \tYajie: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>  \tConversation2:<\/p>\n<p>  \tCam: Yajie\uff0chow do you say &ldquo;can I get a receipt?&rdquo; in Chinese?<br \/>  \tYajie: It&#39;s\u5f00\u5f20\u53d1\u7968. (kai1 zhang1 fa1piao4)<br \/>  \tCam: \u5f00\u5f20\u53d1\u7968( kai1 zhang1 fa1piao4)<br \/>  \tYajie: kai fapiao means you want the waiter or waitress to write a receipt for you, fapiao means receipt, we learned it in the taxi lesson, remember?<br \/>  \tCam: Yes. Fa piao.<br \/>  \tYajie: zhang is short for yi zhang.<br \/>  \tCam: zhang. Like dian er is short for yi dian er, right?<br \/>  \tYajie: exactly. Together it&#39;s\u5f00\u5f20\u53d1\u7968. (kai1 zhang1 fa1piao4)<br \/>  \tCam: \u5f00\u5f20\u53d1\u7968( kai1 zhang1 fa1piao4)<\/p>\n<p>  \tConversation3:<\/p>\n<p>  \tCam: Yajie, I often have a late dinner, so I&rsquo;m always worried if they will suddenly close the restaurant while I&rsquo;m eating. And plus, I may want to come back another day late.So, what&#39;s the Chinese for: How late are you open until?<br \/>  \tYajie: Well, Cam, it&rsquo;s not very good for your health, anyway it&rsquo;s \u4f60\u4eec\u51e0\u70b9\u5173\u95e8\uff1f(ni3men2 ji3 dian3 guan1 men2)<br \/>  \tCam: \u4f60\u4eec\u51e0\u70b9\u5173\u95e8\uff1f(ni3men i3 dian3 guan1 men2)<br \/>  \tYajie: \u4f60\u4eec(ni3men) means you.<br \/>  \tCam: \u4f60\u4eec(ni3men).<br \/>  \tYajie: \u51e0\u70b9 (ji3 dian3), what time?<br \/>  \tCam: \u51e0\u70b9(ji3 dian3).<br \/>  \tYajie: \u5173\u95e8(guan1 men2). Normally it means close the door. But here it has a special meaning of &ldquo;closed&rdquo;.<br \/>  \tCam: \u5173\u95e8(guan1 men2), closed.<br \/>  \tYajie: So, how late are you open until is \u4f60\u4eec\u51e0\u70b9\u5173\u95e8\uff1f(ni3men i3 dian3 guan1 men2) ?<br \/>  \tCam: \u4f60\u4eec\u51e0\u70b9\u5173\u95e8\uff1f(ni3men i3 dian3 guan1 men2)\u3000<\/p>\n<p>  \tConversation4:<\/p>\n<p>  \tKey Words Reminder<br \/>  \tExcuse me, can I get the bill? \u670d\u52a1\u5458\uff0c\u4e70\u5355\u3002\uff08fu2wu4yuan2, mai3dan1.\uff09 How much is it? \u591a\u5c11\u94b1\uff1f(duo1shao3 qian2) Can I get a receipt? \u5f00\u5f20\u53d1\u7968(kai1 zhang1 fa1piao4 ) How late are you open until?\uff08\u4f60\u4eec\u51e0\u70b9\u5173\u95e8\uff1fni3men ji3 dian3 guan1 men2\uff09.<\/p>\n<p>  \tYajie: Well Cam, now I&#39;m sure that you know how to speak Chinese when you are in a restaurant.&nbsp; It has been a busy two weeks of learning for you.<br \/>  \tCam:&nbsp; Yeah, it sure has Yajie.&nbsp; And that brings us to the question of the day. How do you say, &ldquo;How late are you open until?&rdquo; in Chinese?&nbsp;&nbsp; Send your answer to Chinese@crifm.com.<br \/>  \tYajie: Ming tian jian.<br \/>  \tCam:&nbsp; Zai jian!<\/p>\n<p>  \t(Written by Zhao Pingping)<\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-1325723966\"><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>&nbsp;Yajie:&nbsp; Cam, you should be an expert now when ordering food in a Chinese restaurant.<br \/>\n  \tCam:&nbsp; Yes, for the last couple of weeks on Chinese Studio, we&#39;ve been learning how to order food, drinks, call the waiter or waitress over, and all sorts of useful expressions.&nbsp; But now the meal is ending, I&#39;m full and we need to wrap up the transaction.<br \/>\n  \tYajie:&nbsp; Okay, but we have one more restaurant lesson.&nbsp; Let&#39;s check Key Words of the Day.<\/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":[28],"tags":[370,98],"class_list":["post-16303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-examination","tag-chinese-for","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":170,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}