Chinese phrasebook
At the Café in Chinese
Practise ordering at a café in Mandarin. You are the customer: order a coffee and a cake, choose a size and pay by scanning the code.
Situation: A café in Beijing. Your goal: Order a coffee and a piece of cake, then pay.
The whole conversation, line by line
Tap to hear a line. Server speaks first; the bold lines are what you can say. To see the lines in your own language, choose it in the language menu at the top.
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Server
你好！想喝点什么？
nǐ hǎo! xiǎng hē diǎn shénme?
Hello! What would you like to drink?
You
你好，我要一杯拿铁。
nǐ hǎo, wǒ yào yì bēi nátiě.
Hello, I'd like a latte.
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Server
要大杯还是小杯？
yào dà bēi háishi xiǎo bēi?
Large or small?
You
大杯，谢谢。
dà bēi, xièxie.
Large, please.
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Server
要加糖吗？
yào jiā táng ma?
Would you like sugar?
You
不加糖，谢谢。
bù jiā táng, xièxie.
No sugar, thank you.
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Server
还要别的吗？我们有蛋糕和面包。
hái yào bié de ma? wǒmen yǒu dàngāo hé miànbāo.
Anything else? We have cake and bread.
You
再来一块蛋糕吧。
zài lái yí kuài dàngāo ba.
I'll have a piece of cake too.
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Server
在这里吃还是带走？
zài zhèlǐ chī háishi dàizǒu?
Eat here or take away?
You
在这里吃。
zài zhèlǐ chī.
Eat here.
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Server
一共三十八块。
yígòng sānshíbā kuài.
That's 38 yuan in total.
You
好的，我扫码付款。
hǎo de, wǒ sǎo mǎ fùkuǎn.
OK, I'll pay by scanning the code.
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Server
付款成功。祝您用餐愉快！
fùkuǎn chénggōng. zhù nín yòngcān yúkuài!
Payment received. Enjoy!
You
谢谢，再见！
xièxie, zàijiàn!
Thank you, goodbye!
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