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How to Say ‘I want to eat dumplings.’ in Simplified Chinese

我想吃饺子。

wǒ xiǎng chī jiǎo zi

[wo shyang chrr jiǎozi]

💬 Usage Tip: 我想 + action is the easy way to say what you want to do: 我想喝茶 "I want to drink tea". 想 (xiǎng) softens it compared with a blunter "want".

Phrase Breakdown

我想吃

wǒ xiǎng chī

I want to eat

我 (I) + 想 (want to) + 吃 (eat). Say 想 with a dipping third tone, but because 我 is also third tone, 我 changes to a rising second tone: wó xiǎng.

Example

我想吃米饭。

I want to eat rice.

Words in this phrase

我

wǒ

[wo]

The speaker referring to themselves.

Example

我明天有空。

I am free tomorrow.

想

xiǎng

[shyang]

want to; would like to

Used to politely express what you want to do.

Example

我想订桌。

I want to reserve a table.

吃

chī

[chrr]

to eat

To consume food.

Example

我想吃点东西。

I want to eat something.

饺子。

jiǎo zi

dumplings

A classic Chinese food. 饺 is third tone, and 子 is a light, neutral tone: jiǎozi.

Example

饺子很好吃。

Dumplings are delicious.

Words in this phrase

饺子

jiǎo zi

[jiǎozi]

dumplings

Boiled dough pockets filled with meat or vegetables.

Example

妈妈包饺子。

Mom makes dumplings.

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