Restaurant reservations Part 4 (Advanced): Asking about accessibility features for disabled guests.

💬 活动 usually means "activity" or "event", but before an object it means "movable". You'll see it in phrases like 活动桌子 "movable table".

💬 好 after a verb means the job gets done completely, not "good". So 铺好 is "lay it out ready", and 准备好 means "get fully prepared".

🇨🇳 Private rooms are very common in Chinese restaurants for family gatherings and business meals. They often come with a minimum spend.

🇨🇳 In China 一楼 is the ground floor, not the floor above it, so 二楼 is one flight up. This matters when you're checking for stairs.

🇨🇳 Private rooms (包间) are popular for family meals and business dinners, and they're often upstairs. Ask early if anyone in your group can't manage stairs.

💬 Adding 这儿 (zhèr) "here" after a person turns them into a place: 我们这儿 is "at our place". Likewise 你那儿 means "where you are".

💬 有 is always made negative with 没, never 不: 没有电梯, not 不有电梯.

💬 好 before a verb means "easy to": 好停靠 is "easy to park". Try 好找 "easy to find" or 好走 "easy to walk".

💬 Together with 敞, it forms 宽敞 (kuān chang) "roomy", which is used for rooms, aisles and entrances.

💬 On its own 敞 is chǎng, but in 宽敞 "roomy" it's often said lightly as (kuān chang). It describes space you can move around in.

💬 把 (bǎ) is the counting word for things you hold by a handle or that have a back, like chairs, umbrellas and knives: 一把伞 "an umbrella". 一 is said (yì) before the third-tone 把.

💬 掉 after a verb means "away" or "off", so the thing ends up gone. You'll see this in 扔掉 "throw away" and 关掉 "switch off".

🇨🇳 This is the natural way to ask for wheelchair space at a table. Staff simply remove one chair so the wheelchair can pull right up.

💬 Here 行 is read (xíng) and means "OK, that works". In words like 银行 "bank" the same character is read (háng).

💬 吧 at the end turns a statement into a soft suggestion, like "let's". You could also say 就这样吧 "let's just do it this way".

🇨🇳 洗手间 is the polite everyday word you'd use in a restaurant. You'll also see 卫生间 on signs, and 厕所 "toilet" is blunter.

💬 Literally it is "no obstacles": 无 means without, and 障碍 means barrier. You'll see it on signs like 无障碍通道 "accessible passage".

💬 The pattern 是…的 wraps a describing word to say what kind something is. Try 包间是独立的吗？ "Is the private room separate?"

🇨🇳 Newer malls and chain restaurants usually have one of these, but small local places often don't. Many guests rely on the mall's shared facility instead.

🇨🇳 Staff say this to reassure a guest that things will be taken care of. The polite 您 makes it sound attentive rather than dismissive.

💬 靠 means "next to" or "against". The same pattern gives 靠门 "by the door" and 靠墙 "against the wall".

💬 In Chinese the place comes before the action: 在门口 + 接您. Same order in 在楼下等你 "wait for you downstairs".

💬 到时候 (dào shíhou) means "when the time comes" and goes at the start. It's handy for any future plan: 到时候见 "see you then".

🇨🇳 Restaurants often offer to meet guests at the door, which is a normal gesture of good service, especially when someone needs help getting in.

🇨🇳 This is the standard warm thanks for extra effort, like arranging a ramp or moving tables. Locals say it naturally, and it isn't really an apology.