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Scene illustrating a Traditional Chinese-language vegan food inquiries conversation

Key Phrases

素食選擇

sù shí xuǎn zé

Vegetarian options

純素的

chún sù de

Purely vegan

不要奶製品和蛋

bù yào nǎi zhì pǐn hé dàn

No dairy or eggs

Skills You'll Learn

Requesting dietary preferences

請求飲食偏好

qǐng qiú yǐn shí piān hǎo

Understanding vegetarian vs vegan differences

理解素食與純素的差異

lǐ jiě sù shí yǔ chún sù de chà yì

Confirming food ingredients

確認食材成分

què rèn shí cái chéng fèn

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you're at a restaurant in Taiwan inquiring about vegetarian dishes. The server confirms they offer vegetarian options and you request entirely vegan choices without dairy or eggs. The server recommends vegetable sushi and pumpkin soup, detailing the ingredients within the sushi to ensure they are suitable for a vegan diet. Pleased, you decide to try both dishes.

你好,請問這裡有什麼素食菜單嗎?

nǐ hǎo qǐng wèn zhè lǐ yǒu shén me sù shí cài dān ma

Hello, do you have any vegetarian menus here?

你好,我們確實有提供素食選擇。你想吃哪一類的菜呢?

nǐ hǎo wǒ men què shí yǒu tí gōng sù shí xuǎn zé nǐ xiǎng chī nǎ yī lèi de cài ne

Hello, we do offer vegetarian options. What kind of dishes are you interested in?

我可以吃純素的菜嗎?不要奶製品和蛋。

wǒ kě yǐ chī chún sù de cài ma bù yào nǎi zhì pǐn hé dàn

Can I have purely vegan dishes? No dairy or eggs.

當然可以。我推薦我們的蔬菜壽司和南瓜湯。

dāng rán kě yǐ wǒ tuī jiàn wǒ men de shū cài shòu sī hé nán guā tāng

Of course. I recommend our vegetable sushi and pumpkin soup.

那些聽起來不錯!蔬菜壽司裡面有什麼?

nà xiē tīng qǐ lái bù cuò shū cài shòu sī lǐ miàn yǒu shén me

Those sound great! What's in the vegetable sushi?

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

👋

你好

nǐ hǎo

Hello

🇹🇼 [你好] is standard and polite, but in Taiwan people often start service interactions more naturally with [不好意思] or [請問], especially when asking for help.

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❓📦

請問這裡有

qǐng wèn zhè lǐ yǒu

Do you have

💬 [有] often means "have" or "there is/are," depending on context. You can reuse this pattern to ask for availability: [請問這裡有豆漿嗎?]

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🥗📜

素食菜單

sù shí cài dān

Vegetarian menu

💬 [素食] in Taiwan often means vegetarian, not necessarily vegan. If you need no egg or dairy, add something clearer like [純素] or [不含動物產品].

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📢

我們提供

wǒ men tí gōng

We offer

💬 [提供] is a slightly more formal way to say "provide" or "offer," common on menus and in staff speech. You can swap in the thing offered after it: [我們提供素食選擇].

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🌿🍽️

素食選擇

sù shí xuǎn zé

Vegetarian options

💬 [選擇] means "choice" or "option," so [素食選擇] is literally "vegetarian choices." You can reuse it with other needs too, like [無糖選擇] for sugar-free options.

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❓🔍

哪一類的

nǎ yī lèi de

What kind of

💬 [哪一類的] asks "which kind?" or "what type?" with [的] turning the category into "the kind that is…". You can swap the middle noun: [哪一種的] is another common version.

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🌱🥦

純素的

chún sù de

Purely vegan

💬 [純素] is "vegan," and the final [的] makes it work like "vegan one" or "vegan kind." You'll often hear [純素的] before a noun, like [純素的餐點].

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🚫🥛🥚

不要奶製品和蛋

bù yào nǎi zhì pǐn hé dàn

No dairy or eggs

💬 [不要] is a direct, useful way to say something should not be included. You can reuse it with ingredients: [不要香菜] or [不要辣].

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👍

當然可以

dāng rán kě yǐ

Of course

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