Restaurant reservations: Number of guests
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Key Phrases
预订一个餐桌
yù dìng yī gè cān zhuō
Reserve a table
几位？
jǐ wèi
How many people?
几点钟？
jǐ diǎn zhōng
What time?
Skills You'll Learn
Making a reservation
进行预约
jìn xíng yù yuē
Specifying the number of guests
指定客人人数
zhǐ dìng kè rén rén shù
Indicating the time for an event
表示活动时间
biǎo shì huó dòng shí jiān
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are making a reservation at a restaurant in China. You call the restaurant and speak to a staff member to book a table for four people at 7 PM. This interaction will help you practice how to make reservations over the phone in Mandarin, learning key phrases and timing details.
你好，我想预订一个餐桌。
nǐ hǎo wǒ xiǎng yù dìng yī gè cān zhuō
Hello, I would like to reserve a table.
好的，请问几位？
hǎo de qǐng wèn jǐ wèi
Sure, for how many people?
四位。
sì wèi
Four people.
好的，几点钟的预订？
hǎo de jǐ diǎn zhōng de yù dìng
Alright, for what time?
晚上七点。
wǎn shàng qī diǎn
7 PM.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
你
nǐ
You
好
hǎo
Good
你好
nǐ hǎo
Hello
我
wǒ
I
想
xiǎng
Want
💬 [想] often softens a request: [我想预订] is literally 'I want to reserve,' but in real use it often works like 'I'd like to reserve.' You can reuse it with other verbs, like [我想换个时间] for 'I'd like to change the time.'
See breakdown →我想
wǒ xiǎng
I would like to
💬 [我想] is a common way to make a request sound less blunt than just saying the verb. Swap in another action after it: [我想订位], [我想改时间].
See breakdown →预订
yù dìng
Reserve
一个
yī gè
A
💬 [一] before [个] is said (yí), not (yī), so [一个] sounds like (yí ge). You'll hear the same thing in many common phrases with [一] before another word.
See breakdown →餐桌
cān zhuō
Table
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