Dining at the Shanghai Restaurant.

你们
nǐ men
你们
/ you (plural) /
预订
yù dìng
预订
/ (v) place an order; book ahead /
guò
/ (experienced action marker) / to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / (surname) / excessively / too- /
/ morphine /

Have you made any reservations?

预订
yù dìng
预订
/ (v) place an order; book ahead /
guò
/ (experienced action marker) / to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / (surname) / excessively / too- /
wáng
/ king / Wang (proper name) /
小姐
xiǎo jie
小姐
/ young lady / miss /
liǎng
/ both / two / ounce / some / a few / tael /
wèi
/ position / location / (measure word for persons) / place / seat /

I made a reservation, Miss Wang, two seats.

谢谢
xiè xie
谢谢
/ to thank /
/ you /
上次
shàng cì
上次
/ last time /
qǐng
/ to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal, etc) / to request /
/ I / me /
chī
/ eat / eradicate / destroy / receive /
川菜
chuān cài
川菜
/ Szechuan cuisine /

Thank you for inviting me to eat Sichuan food last time.

今天
jīn tiān
今天
/ today / at the present / now /
/ I / me /
qǐng
/ to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal, etc) / to request /
/ you /
chī
/ eat / eradicate / destroy / receive /
上海
shàng hǎi
上海
/ Shanghai /
cài
/ dish (type of food) / vegetables /

Today I am inviting you to eat Shanghai food.

hǎo
/ good / well /
ā
/ (interj.) / ah /
/ I / me /
hái
/ also / in addition / more / still / else / still / yet / (not) yet /
méi
/ (negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not /
chī
/ eat / eradicate / destroy / receive /
guò
/ (experienced action marker) / to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / (surname) / excessively / too- /
上海
shàng hǎi
上海
/ Shanghai /
cài
/ dish (type of food) / vegetables /
ne
/ (question particle) /

Great! I have never eaten any Shanghai food before.

小姐
xiǎo jie
小姐
/ young lady / miss /
diǎn
/ a bit / spot, dot, speck / point / o'clock / aspect, feature /
cài
/ dish (type of food) / vegetables /

Miss, I would like to order.

lái
/ to come /
/ one / 1 / single / a / an / entire /
/ customer / visitor / guest /
狮子
shī zi
狮子
/ lion /
tóu
/ head /
/ one / 1 / single / a / an / entire /
/ customer / visitor / guest /
bǎi
/ hundred /
/ (surname) / leaf / page /
bāo
/ to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / to contract (to or for) /
hái
/ also / in addition / more / still / else / still / yet / (not) yet /
yāo
/ demand / ask / request / coerce /
/ one / 1 / single / a / an / entire /
/ customer / visitor / guest /
qīng
/ clear / distinct / complete / pure /
zhēng
/ to steam /
/ fish /

Bring an order of meatballs, an order of beancurd leaf rolls, and also an order of steamed fish.

/ you /
chī
/ eat / eradicate / destroy / receive /
guò
/ (experienced action marker) / to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / (surname) / excessively / too- /
xiǎo
/ small / tiny / few / young /
lóng
/ basket / cage /
bāo
/ to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / to contract (to or for) /
/ morphine /

Have you eaten steamed pork buns before?

méi
/ (negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not /
chī
/ eat / eradicate / destroy / receive /
guò
/ (experienced action marker) / to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / (surname) / excessively / too- /
可是
kě shì
可是
/ but / however /
听说
tīng shuō
听说
/ to hear told /
xiǎo
/ small / tiny / few / young /
lóng
/ basket / cage /
bāo
/ to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / to contract (to or for) /
很好
hěn hǎo
很好
/ well /
chī
/ eat / eradicate / destroy / receive /

I have never eaten them, but I have heard that the steamed pork buns are delicious.

/ how / which /
zài
/ again / once more / next in sequence / another /
lái
/ to come /
/ one / 1 / single / a / an / entire /
/ customer / visitor / guest /
xiǎo
/ small / tiny / few / young /
lóng
/ basket / cage /
bāo
/ to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / to contract (to or for) /

Then bring an order of steamed pork buns as well.

小心
xiǎo xīn
小心
/ careful /
里面
lǐ miàn
里面
/ inside / interior /
de
/ (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle) / of /
tāng
/ (surname) / soup /
hěn
/ very / rather / quite /
tàng
/ to scald / to burn / to iron / hot /

Be careful! The soup inside is very hot.

zhēn
/ real / true / genuine /
de
/ (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle) / of /
hěn
/ very / rather / quite /
tàng
/ to scald / to burn / to iron / hot /
可是
kě shì
可是
/ but / however /
zhēn
/ real / true / genuine /
de
/ (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle) / of /
好吃
hǎo chī
好吃
/ tasty / delicious /

It is really very hot, but it is really delicious!

/ you /
觉得
jué de
觉得
/ to think / to feel /
上海
shàng hǎi
上海
/ Shanghai /
cài
/ dish (type of food) / vegetables /
怎么
zěn me
怎么
/ how? / what? / why? /
yàng
/ manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape /

So what do you think of the Shanghai food?

/ I / me /
觉得
jué de
觉得
/ to think / to feel /
上海
shàng hǎi
上海
/ Shanghai /
cài
/ dish (type of food) / vegetables /
yǒu
/ to have / there is / there are / to exist / to be /
一点
yī diǎn
一点
/ a bit / a little /
ér
/ son /
tián
/ sweet /
可是
kě shì
可是
/ but / however /
/ I / me /
hěn
/ very / rather / quite /
喜欢
xǐ huan
喜欢
/ to like / to be fond of /

I think the Shanghai food is a little sweet, but I really like it.

duì
/ couple / pair / to be opposite / to oppose / to face / for / to / correct (answer) / to answer / to reply / to direct (towards sth) / right /
四川
sì chuān
四川
/ Sichuan province, China /
cài
/ dish (type of food) / vegetables /
/ hot (spicy) / pungent /
上海
shàng hǎi
上海
/ Shanghai /
cài
/ dish (type of food) / vegetables /
tián
/ sweet /

Right, Sichuan food is spicy, Shanghai food is sweet.

mǎi
/ buy /
chán
/ chieftain /
/ (onomat.) / dumb /

The bill, please.

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