| A | B |
|---|
| 饭馆（儿） restaurant | fàn guǎn (er) |
| 服务员 waiter; attendant | fú wù yuán |
| 服务 to serve; to provide service | fú wù |
| 好像 to seem; to be like | hǎo xiàng |
| 位子 seat | wèi zi |
| 桌子 table | zhuō zi |
| 点菜 to order dishes (in a restaurant) | diǎn cài |
| 菜 (of food) dish; course | cài |
| 饺子 dumplings (with vegetable and /or meat stuffing) | jiǎo zi |
| 素 (vegetarian; of vegetables | sù |
| 盘 (plate; dish) | pán |
| 家常豆腐 home style tofu | jiā cháng dòu fu |
| 豆腐 tofu; bean curd | dòu fu |
| 肉 meat (usually pork, when unmodified) | ròu |
| 碗(bowl) | wǎn |
| 酸辣汤 hot and sour soup | suān là tāng |
| 酸 sour | suān |
| 辣 spicy; hot | là |
| 汤 soup | tāng |
| 放 to put in | fàng |
| 味精 MSG | wèi jīng |
| 渴 thirsty | kě |
| 这些 these | zhè xiē |
| 些(some [measure word for an indefinite amount]) | xiē |
| 够 enough | gòu |
| 饿 hungry; to starve | è |
| 上菜 to serve dishes | shàng cài |
| 好 (indicating that something is ready) | hǎo |
| 好吃 delicious | hǎo chī |
| 师傅 master worker | shī fu |
| 中餐 Chinese food | zhōng cān |
| 西餐 Western food | xī cān |
| 糖醋鱼 fish in sweet and sour sauce | táng cù yú |
| 糖 sugar | táng |
| 醋 vinegar | cù |
| 鱼 fish | yú |
| 甜 sweet | tián |
| 极（了） extremely (usually with le as a complement of degree) | jí le |
| 红烧 to braise in soy sauce | hóng shāo |
| 牛肉 beef | niú ròu |
| 牛 cow; ox | niú |
| 卖完（了） to be sold out | mài wán le |
| 卖 to sell | mài |
| 完 to finish; to run out of | wán |
| 凉拌 (of food) cold and dressed with sauce | liáng bàn |
| 黄瓜 cucumber | huáng guā |
| 再 in addition | zài |
| 两 (a Chinese traditional unit of weight, 50 grams) | liǎng |
| 米饭 cooked rice) | mǐ fàn |
| 错 wrong | cuò |
| 明儿 tomorrow | míng er |
| 鸡 chicken | jī |
| 烤鸭 roast duck | kǎo yā |
| 烤 to roast; to bake | kǎo |
| 猪肉 pork | zhū ròu |
| 羊肉 mutton; lamb | yáng ròu |
| 汉堡包 hamburger | hàn bǎo bāo |
| 麦当劳 McDonald's | mài dāng láo |
| 比萨饼 pizza | bǐ sà bǐng |
| 必胜客 Pizza Hut | bì shèng kè |
| 炸鸡 fried chicken | zhá jī |
| 肯德基 KFC | kěn dé jī |
| 快餐 fast food | kuài cān |
