W: Waitress 服务员
Y：You 你
F：Your Friend 你的朋友

Background: You invite your friend to dinner and treat him or her.

Conversation:

nǐ hǎo ！ huān yíng guāng lín ！ qǐng wèn jǐ wèi ？
W: 你好！欢迎光临！请问几位？
Hello! Welcome! How many people in your party?

liǎng wèi
Y：两位。
Two

zhè biān qǐng
W: 这边请！
This way, please!

……

yǒu kào chuāng de wèi zǐ ma?
Y：有靠窗的位子吗？
Do you have a window seat?

yǒu, zhè biān qǐng
W: 有，这边请！
Yes, this way, please!

……

qǐng zuò
W: 请坐！
Please sit down!

xiè xiè
Y：谢谢！
Thanks!

zhè shì cài dān, nín kàn yī xià!
W: 这是菜单，您看一下！
Here is the menu. Take a look at it!

wǒ yào diǎn yī fèn běi jīng kǎo yā, liǎng píng pí jiǔ.
Y：我要点一份北京烤鸭、两瓶啤酒！
I’d like to order a Beijing roast duck and two bottles of beer!

pí jiǔ yào bīng de hái shì cháng wēn de?
W: 啤酒要冰的还是常温的？
Would you like your beer iced cold or normal temperature?

yī píng bīng de, yī píng cháng wēn de.
Y：一瓶冰的，一瓶常温的。
One bottle of cold, one bottle of normal temperature.

hǎo de, qǐng shāo děng.
W: 好的，请稍等。
Ok, just a moment, please.

……

zhè shì nín de běi jīng kǎo yā, zhè shì nín de liǎng píng pí jiǔ.
W: 这是您的北京烤鸭！这是您的两瓶啤酒！
This is your Beijing roast duck! Here are your two bottles of beer!

xiè xiè
Y：谢谢！
Thank you!

……

En, wèi dào bú cuò!
Y：嗯，味道不错！
Well, it tastes good!

shì ya, hěn hǎo chī!
F：是呀，很好吃！
Yes, it’s delicious!

lái lái lái, gān bēi ！
Y：来来来，干杯！
Come on, cheers!

wèi wǒ men de yǒu yì gān bēi!
F：为我们的友谊干杯！
Cheers for our friendship!

lái lái lái, chī, bié kè qì!
Y：来来来，吃，别客气！
Come on, eat, be my guest!

wǒ bú kè qì
F：我不客气。
Sure.

……

nǐ chī hǎo le ma?
Y：你吃好了吗？
Did you enjoy the food?

chī hǎo le
F：吃好了。
Sure, I enjoyed it.

hái yào diǎn diǎn ér bié de ma?
Y：还要点点儿别的吗？
Would you like to order some more other dish?

[First点means “to order”, second点儿means “a little bit”]

bú yào le, wǒ zhēn de chī bǎo le.
F：不要了，我真的吃饱了。
No, I’m really full.

nà hǎo ba
Y：那好吧。
All right.

……

fú wù yuán, mǎi dān!
Y：服务员，买单！
Waitress, bill please.

hǎo de, yí gòng shì yì bǎi wǔ shí kuài, nín shì yòng wēi xìn zhī fù hái shì zhī fù bǎo?
W: 好的，一共是150块。您是用微信支付还是支付宝？
OK, Total 150 yuan. Do you use WeChat Pay or Alipay?

wēi xìn
Y：微信。
WeChat please.

wǒ lái bā?
F：我来吧？
Let me pay?

Bù, shuō hǎo le, zhè cì wǒ qǐng kè. xià cì nǐ qǐng wǒ.
Y：不，说好了，这次我请客。下次你请我！
No, we agreed. It’s my treat this time. Next time you treat me!

nà hǎo ba!
F：那好吧！
All right.

[zhōng guó wén huà 中国文化Chinese culture:
hǎo péng yǒu yì qǐ chī fàn shí lún liú mǎi dān, bú shì AA zhì.
好朋友一起吃饭时轮流买单，不是AA制。
Good friends take turns paying the bill when eating together, not splitting bill / not going dutch.]

qǐng sǎo èr wéi mǎ.
W: 请扫二维码！
Please scan the QR code!

hǎo de
Y：好的。
OK

yì bǎi wǔ shí yuán shōu dào le, xiè xiè.
W: 150元收到了，谢谢。
150yuan received, thanks.

qǐng gěi wǒ kāi yī zhāng fā piào.
Y：请给我开一张发票。
Please give me (issue) an invoice.

hǎo de, qǐng shāo děng. zhè shì nín de fā piào.
W: 好的，请稍等。这是您的发票。
OK, just a moment, please. Here is your invoice.

xiè xiè
Y：谢谢！
Thanks.

……

nǐ yào yòng xǐ shǒu jiān ma?
Y：你要用洗手间吗？
Do you want to use the restroom?

bù yòng.
F：不用。
Not really.

nà wǒ men zǒu ba.
Y：那我们走吧。
OK, then let’s go.

……

huān yíng xià cì guāng lín! zài jiàn!
W: 欢迎下次光临！再见！
Welcome you next time! Bye!

zài jiàn!
Y：再见！
Bye!