How to Say ‘Make a dinner reservation’ in Simplified Chinese
订晚餐
dìng wǎn cān
[ding wahn-tsan]
💬 Usage Tip: [订] is the verb 'book/reserve,' and Chinese often just puts the thing being booked right after it: [订晚餐], [订位子], [订一桌]. No extra word like 'for' or 'a' is needed.
Phrase Breakdown
订
dìng
[ding]
to reserve; to book
A verb used when making a reservation, such as booking a table at a restaurant.
我想订晚餐，四个人。
I want to book dinner for four people.
晚餐
wǎn cān
[wahn-tsan]
dinner
The evening meal; often used when making dinner reservations.
今晚的晚餐已经订好了。
Tonight's dinner has already been reserved.
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