Walk into any Chinese restaurant and order confidently. These phrases work in Chinatown, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong — anywhere!
🗣 12 Key Phrases🍽 8 Popular Dishes💬 Full Restaurant Dialogue⏱ ~12 min
🗣 Must-Know
Essential Ordering Phrases
🌶 Tastes & Patterns
The 5 Taste Words + How to Order
👅 The 5 Tastes — click each one to hear
🍬
甜
tián
Sweet
🍋
酸
suān
Sour
☕
苦
kǔ
Bitter
🌶️
辣
là
Spicy
🧂
咸
xián
Salty
🛒 Order Pattern — 我要 / 我不要 (the most useful pair)
我要 X = "I want X" 我不要 X = "I don't want X / No X please"
🥗
不辣
bù là
Not spicy
😋
好吃
hǎo chī
Delicious! (make your host happy)
🍽 Menu
Popular Dishes & Drinks
今日菜单 · Today's Menu
Click any item to hear how to order it
🍚 Rice & Noodles
🍵 Drinks 饮品
💡
Power phrase: Point at the menu and say 「我要这个，不辣。」 (Wǒ yào zhège, bù là.) — "I want this one, not spicy." Works every time, even if you can't read the menu! 🔊 Click to hear
💬 Dialogue
Full Restaurant Scene — Click Each Line
Sit back and listen to the whole chat
🎯 Practice
Shadowing Drill
🔁 Tap to repeat out loud!
Your Course Progress
Lesson 5 / 12 — You can now order food in Chinese! 🍜