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@ 30747 Ordering Chinese Take-out
Ordering Chinese Take-out HTML
A: 喂，你好，我要叫外賣。
we´i, nˇıhaˇo, woˇ ya`o jia`o wa`ima`i.
Hello, I want to order for delivery.
B: 你要吃什麼？
nˇı ya`o ch¯ı she´nme?
What do you want to eat?
A: 給我一個宮保雞丁、一個麻婆豆腐、一個魚香肉
絲。你們菜的分量怎麼樣？
geˇi woˇ y¯ı ge go¯ ngbaˇoj¯ıd¯ıng, y¯ı ge ma´po´do`ufu, y¯ı ge yu´xia¯ ng
ro`us¯ı . nˇımen ca`i de fe`nlia`ng zeˇnmeya`ng ?
I’ll have an order of Kung Pao Chicken, an order of Spicy Tofu, an order of Fish-flavored Shredded Pork. What are the portions like?
B: 挺大的，肯定夠吃。你要吃辣嗎？
tˇıng da`
de, keˇnd`ıng go`uch¯ı. nˇı ya`o ch¯ı la`
ma?
They’re quite satisfying–definitely enough. Do you want it spicy?
A: 多放一點辣。但是，要少放油，還有千萬不要放
味精。
duo¯ fa`ng y¯ıdiaˇn la`. da`nsh`ı, ya`o shaˇo fa`ng yo´u, ha´i yoˇu qia¯ n-
wa`n bu`ya`o fa`ng we`ij¯ıng .
Please make it extra spicy. But, please use less oil, and absolutely do not add any MSG.
B: 好的。要素菜和主食嗎？
haˇode. ya`o su`ca`i he´ zhuˇsh´ı ma?
All right. Do you want any vegetable dishes or a starch dish?
A: 炒青菜吧。你們有餃子嗎？
chaˇo q¯ıngca`i ba. nˇımen yoˇu jiaˇozi ma?
Stir-fried greens. Do you have dumplings?
B: 有的，一份十個。你要什麼餡兒的？
yoˇude, y¯ı fe`n sh´ı ge. nˇı ya`o she´nme xia`nr de?
Yes. There are ten per order. What filling would you like?
A: 豬肉白菜餡兒的。給我兩份吧。好了，就這些。
一共多少錢？
zhu¯ ro`uba´ica`i xia`nr de. geˇi woˇ xie¯ . y´ıgo`ng duo¯ shao qia´n?
liaˇng fe`n ba. haˇo le, jiu`
zhe`-
Pork and cabbage. Give me two orders. All right, that’s it. What does that come to?
B: 我算一下。一共是六十塊。
woˇ
sua`n y¯ıxia`
. y´ıgo`ng sh`ı liu`sh´ı kua`i.
I’ll just add it up. All together it’s 60 RMB.
A: 大概多久能送到？
da`ga`i duo¯ jiuˇ ne´ng so`ngda`o?
How long until you can deliver it?
B: 半個小時左右。你的地址是？
ba`n ge xiaˇosh´ı zuoˇyo`u. nˇı de d`ızhˇı sh`ı?
Approximately half an hour. What is your address?
A: 中華花園六號樓503。麻煩少放油，別放味精。
Zho¯ nghua´hua¯ yua´n liu`ha`olo´u wuˇl´ıngsa¯ n. ma´fan shaˇo fa`ng
yo´u, bie´ fa`ng we`ij¯ıng .
China Gardens, Building 6, 503. Please use less oil, and don’t add MSG.
B: 知道了。半小時後送到。再見。
zh¯ıda`o le . ba`nxiaˇosh´ı ho`u so`ngda`o. za`ijia`n.
I know. It will be delivered in half an hour. Goodbye.
---Key Vocabulary---
叫外賣 jia`o wa`ima`i to have food delivered
宮保雞丁 go¯ ngbaˇoj¯ıd¯ıng spicy diced chicken
麻婆豆腐 ma´po´do`ufu tofu in spicy sauce
魚香肉絲 yu´xia¯ ng ro`us¯ı fish-flavored shredded meat
分量 fe`nlia`ng portion
夠吃 go`uch¯ı enough to eat
放 fa`ng to put
千萬 qia¯ nwa`n absolutely
味精 we`ij¯ıng monosodium gluta- mate
素菜 su`ca`i vegetable dish
主食 zhuˇsh´ı staple food
餡兒 xia`nr filling
算 sua`n to calculate
大概 da`ga`i roughly
麻煩 ma´fan to trouble
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
主菜 zhuˇca`i entree
了菜 leˇngca`i cold dish
甜點 tia´ndiaˇn dessert
小區 xiaˇoqu¯ residential complex
外賣費 wa`ima`ife`i delivery charge
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