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How to Say ‘Waiter, the menu please’ in Simplified Chinese

服务员，请给我菜单

fú wù yuán qǐng gěi wǒ cài dān

[foo-woo-ywen qǐng gay waw tsai dahn]

🇨🇳 In China: In many restaurants you'll be pointed to a QR code on the table to order by phone rather than handed a paper menu.

Phrase Breakdown

服务员，

fú wù yuán

Waiter/Waitress,

服务员 (fúwùyuán) is the common way to call restaurant staff. Pause briefly after it, as the comma shows.

Example

服务员，买单！

Waiter, the bill please!

Words in this phrase

服务员

fú wù yuán

[foo-woo-ywen]

server; attendant; waiter/waitress

A staff member who helps customers in a restaurant or at an entrance.

Example

门口的服务员会帮忙停车。

The attendant at the entrance will help park the car.

请给我菜单

qǐng gěi wǒ cài dān

please give me the menu

请 (qǐng) means 'please', 给我 (gěi wǒ) means 'give me' and 菜单 (càidān) means 'menu'.

Example

你好，请给我菜单。

Hello, please give me the menu.

Words in this phrase

请

qǐng

[qǐng]

Please

A polite expression used when asking for something.

Example

请进，大家都在等你。

Please come in, everyone is waiting for you.

给

gěi

[gay]

give

A verb meaning 'to give.' It can also introduce the recipient of an action.

Example

请给我你的电话。

Please give me your phone number.

我

wǒ

[waw]

First person pronoun used as the object, referring to the speaker.

Example

这个发展机会很适合我。

This development opportunity suits me very well.

菜单

cài dān

[tsai dahn]

The list of dishes and drinks available at a restaurant.

Example

请给我看看菜单。

Please let me take a look at the menu.

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