Lesson 10.1
Deciding where to go for lunch.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Talking to a friend about where and what to eat for lunch
- rice/ noodles/ soup/ soda/ mineral water
- to eat/ to drink
- the use of 想 as feel like/ would like (doing) something: 想 + verb
- to like doing/ drinking/ eating ….
饭fàn rice/ meal 米mǐ 饭fàn rice
午wŭ 饭fàn lunch
楼lóu building
吃chī 饭fàn to have a meal
想xiăng to think about/ to feel like
面miàn 条tiáo noodles
要yào to want
碗wăn bowl
蛋dàn 花huā 汤tāng egg drop (flower) soup
喝hē to drink
喜xǐ 欢huān to like
啤pí 酒jiŭ beer
酒jiŭ alcohol
吧ba particle, indicating a suggestion
对duì correct
那nà that/ then
汽qì 水shuǐ soda
矿kuàng 泉quán 水shuǐ mineral water
Lesson 10.2
Discussing what to eat and ordering
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
At a restaurant, discussing with a friend about what to eat and then do the order
- some kinds of rice: fried rice, plain rice….
- some kinds of noodles: fried noodles, noodle soup
- how to order
- introducing: plate/ bowl/ cup/ glass
- the use of 再as on top of that
炒chăo 饭fàn fried rice
烩huì 饭fàn a dish on top of rice
白bái 米mǐ 饭fàn plain white rice
蛋dàn 炒chăo 饭fàn egg fried rice
炒chăo 面miàn fried noodles
汤tāng 面miàn noodle soup
再zài 来lái in addition, one more; colloquial for ordering
来lái to come; also used to order food and drinks; colloquially
要yào 不bú 要yào
汤tāng soup
不bù 喝hē
不bù 吃chī
Lesson 10.3
Planning to make dumplings with a friend.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Feeling like having 饺子 (dumplings) but they are not sold here so that arranging to make them at the friend’s tonight
- introducing more Chinese food
- how about…. Making a suggestion and then asking for agreement
- the use of ‘能can/ to be able to’
- go and see, and then decide
包bāo 子zi Chinese steamed pasty
馒mán 头tou Chinese steamed buns
饺jiăo 子zi Chinese ravioli
这zhè 儿ēr here, this place
卖mài to sell
包bāo to wrap
怎zěn 麽me 样yàng? what do you think?
买măi to buy
多duō 少shăo how much/ how many
肉ròu meat
白bái 菜cài Chinese cabbage
几jǐ 个ge how many
能néng can, to be able to
至zhì 少shăo at least
斤jīn half a Kilo
知zhī 道dào to know something
应yīng 该gāi should
够gòu enough
我wǒ 们mén 俩liăng we two
去qù 看kàn 看kàn to go and see
再zài 说shuō then decide
Audio Review
The help you consolidate what you have learned in the first unit, we have put together a quick audio review recording. The audio review will help you with your listening comprehension and remind you of some Chinese sentence patterns and vocabulary.