| A | B |
| 飯館 | restaurant |
| 服務員 | waiter; attendant |
| 好像 | to seem; to be like |
| 位子 | seat |
| 桌子 | table |
| 點菜 | to order dishes (in a restaurant) |
| 餃子 | dumplings (with vegetables and/or meat stuffing) |
| 素 | vegetarian; of vegetables |
| 盤 | plate; dish |
| 家常豆腐 | home-style tofu |
| 肉 | meat |
| 碗 | bowl |
| 酸辣湯 | hot-and-sour soup |
| 放 | to put in; to add |
| 味精 | monosodium glutamate (MSG) |
| 渴 | thirsty |
| 這些 | these |
| 夠 | enough |
| 餓 | hungry; to starve |
| 上菜 | to serve dishes |
| 好 | (indicating that something is ready) |
| 好吃 | delicious |
| 師傅 | master worker |
| 中餐 | Chinese food |
| 西餐 | Western food |
| 糖醋魚 | fish in sweet and sour sauce |
| 極 | extremely (usually with "le" as a complement of degree) |
| 紅燒 | to braise in soy sauce |
| 牛肉 | beef |
| 賣完(了) | sold out |
| 涼拌 | (of food) cold and dressed with sauce |
| 黃瓜 | cucumber |
| 再 | in addition |
| 兩 | (a chinese traditional unit of weight, = 50 grams) |
| 米飯 | cooked rice |
| 錯 | wrong |
| 明兒 | tomorrow |