How to Say ‘No cilantro, please.’ in Simplified Chinese
请不要香菜。
qǐng bù yào xiāng cài
[cheeng boo yaow shyahng-tseye]
Phrase Breakdown
请
qǐng
[cheeng]
please
A polite word used in requests.
请不要香菜。
Please no cilantro.
不要
bù yào
do not want / please do not
A polite negative request.
不要这个。
Don't want this.
Words in this phrase
不
bù
[boo]
not
A negative word used to say no or not.
我不吃牛肉。
I don't eat beef.
要
yào
[yaow]
want
Used to express wanting or not wanting something.
我不要冰水。
I don't want iced water.
香菜
xiāng cài
[shyahng-tseye]
cilantro; coriander
A common herb garnish that some people prefer to avoid.
这个菜里有香菜吗？
Is there cilantro in this dish?
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