🇨🇳 Chinese Ordering Food & Drinks
Cafés, bars and restaurants: how to order, ask for the bill, and compliment the cooking — the most-used phrases of any trip. Read them below — then actually say them: recognising a phrase and producing it out loud are different skills, and only one helps you in the moment.
| English | Chinese | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| I'd like… | 我要… | wǒ yào… |
| The menu, please | 请给我菜单 | qǐng gěi wǒ càidān |
| Water | 水 | shuǐ |
| A coffee, please | 一杯咖啡 | yì bēi kāfēi |
| A beer, please | 一杯啤酒 | yì bēi píjiǔ |
| The bill, please | 买单 | mǎidān |
| Delicious! | 好吃！ | hǎochī! |
| I'm vegetarian | 我吃素 | wǒ chī sù |
| Do you have…? | 你们有…吗？ | nǐmen yǒu… ma? |
| Cheers! | 干杯！ | gānbēi! |
| A table for two, please | 两个人 | liǎng ge rén |
| Can I pay by card? | 可以刷卡吗？ | kěyǐ shuākǎ ma? |
How to make these stick
- Say each phrase out loud three times — your mouth learns separately from your eyes.
- Rehearse the scene: imagine the café or the street corner and act out both sides.
- Then use them in a real conversation — Yap gives you a 30-second spoken role-play with an AI tutor that responds, corrects gently, and never judges.
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