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LESSON 4 · HSK 1
饮食与点菜
Food & Ordering — Order food, ask for things politely, count dishes
12 words
3 patterns 0% done
Vocabulary 词汇
Tap a word for strokes
fàndiàn 饭店
restaurant
cài 菜
dish / vegetable
mǐfàn 米饭
cooked rice
chá 茶
tea
shuǐ 水
water
shuǐguǒ 水果
fruit
píngguǒ 苹果
apple
chī 吃
to eat
hē 喝
to drink
yào 要
to want / will
qǐng 请
please / invite
qián 钱
money
Dot: green = known, gold = learning, none = new
Grammar 语法
Ordering / wanting: 想要 + noun
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想 (xiǎng) = would like, 要 (yào) = want/will have. Use 想要 together for polite requests. 碗 (wǎn) = bowl (measure word).
Polite requests: 请 + verb
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请 at the start makes any request polite. 给 (gěi) = give. 杯 (bēi) = cup/glass. 一杯茶 = a cup of tea.
Asking the price: 多少钱？
？— 。
多少 = how much/many. 钱 = money. 块 (kuài) is the informal unit (= yuan). 二十块 = 20 yuan.
Sentences 句子
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I want to eat rice.
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Please give me a glass of water.
？
Do you drink tea?
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How much is this apple?
，。
I don't drink tea, I drink water.
Dialogue 对话
！？
Hello! What would you like to drink?
，。
I'd like a cup of tea, thank you.
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Sure. What dish would you like?
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Please give me a bowl of rice and one dish. How much?
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35 yuan.