| 像 | likeness, portrait, to be/look like, to take after, such as | xiàng |
| 务 | affair, task in waiter | wù |
| 務 | affair, task in waiter | wù |
| 桌 | table | zhuō |
| 盘 | plate, dish, (# for dumplings, etc.) | pán |
| 盤 | plate, dish, (# for dumplings, etc.) | pán |
| 饺 | dumpling | jiǎo |
| 餃 | dumpling | jiǎo |
| 素 | vegetarian, made from vegetables | sù |
| 豆 | bean | dòu |
| 腐 | rotten, turn bad f.. | fǔ |
| 放 | to put, to place f.. | fàng |
| 肉 | meat | ròu |
| 碗 | bowl, (# for bowls) | wǎn |
| 酸 | sour | suān |
| 辣 | spicy, hot | là |
| 汤 | soup | tāng |
| 湯 | soup | tāng |
| 味 | flavor, taste | wèi |
| 精 | essence, refined in monosodium glutamate | jīng |
| 盐 | salt | yán |
| 盬 | salt | yán |
| 卖 | to sell m.. | mài |
| 賣 | to sell m.. | mài |
| 完 | finished | wán |
| 青 | blue, green q.. | qīng |
| 渴 | thirsty | kě |
| 些 | (# for an indefinite amount), some | xiē |
| 够 | enough | gòu |
| 饿 | hungry | è |
| 餓 | hungry | è |
| 饭馆 | restaurant f.. | fàn guǎn |
| 好像 | to seem, to be like hx | hǎo xiàng |
| 位子 | seat, place | wèi zi |
| 服务员 | waiter, attendant | fú wù yuán |
| 服务 | to serve, to provide service in waiter | fú wù |
| 桌子 | table combined | zhuō zi |
| 点菜 | to order food | diǎn cài |
| 饺子 | dumplings with vegetable/meat filling combined | jiǎo zi |
| 家常 | home-style | jiā cháng |
| 豆腐 | tofu, bean curd | dòu fu |
| 酸辣汤 | hot and sour soup | suān là tāng |
| 味精 | monosodium glutamate | wèi jīng |
| 白菜 | Bok Choy vegetable | bái cài |
| 卖完 | to be sold out | mài wán |
| 青菜 | green/leafy vegetable | qīng cài |
| 冰茶 | iced tea | bīng chá |
| 上菜 | to serve food | shàng cài |
| 少放点儿盐 | put a bit of salt polite | shǎo fàng diǎnr yán |
| 我刚洗完澡 | I just finished showering. | wǒ gāng xǐ wán zǎo |
| 做好 | (something) is done, (something) is ready | zuò hǎo |
| 小白菜 | Baby Bok Choy vegetable | xiǎo bái cài |
| 这些够了 | This lot is enough. | zhè xiē gòu le |
| 一些老朋友 | several old friends | yì xiē lǎo péng you |
| 青年 | youth, greenhorn | qīng nián |
| 能够 | to be capable of, can, is able .o. | néng gòu |
| 写对 | to write correctly | xiě duì |