Restaurant Chinese essential
How to Order Food in Chinese
Learn practical Chinese restaurant phrases for water, less spice, food preferences, and asking for the bill with natural Mandarin audio.
For a restaurant, learn only the phrases that change your meal: water, no spice, less salt, and the bill. You can point to the menu for everything else.
Start with these phrases
Listen first, repeat the short phrase, then open it when you want a focused practice page. You can save any phrase for later.
A short real-life dialogue
You do not need to build a long sentence. These small turns are enough to get the conversation moving.
You我想喝水。
You不要辣，少放盐。
You买单。
Use it well
- Point to a dish, then add 不要辣 when you need no spice.
- 买单 is the quick way to ask for the bill.
- End with 谢谢 after the staff helps you.
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Use the 7-day starter path for a small daily routine, or search all 1,000 phrases when your situation changes.
Open the 7-day plan Search all phrasesQuestions learners ask
How do I say check please in Chinese?
Say 买单.
How do I say not spicy in Chinese?
Say 不要辣.
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