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How to Say ‘Go eat hot pot’ in Traditional Chinese

去吃火鍋

qù chī huǒ guō

[chyoo chih huǒguō]

💬 Usage Tip: Two verbs can be stacked with no word between them, so 去 + 吃 means "go eat". Swap in another activity, as in 去看電影 "go see a movie".

Phrase Breakdown

去

qù

[chyoo]

to go

A verb meaning to go somewhere or move to do something.

Example

你先坐,我去拿菜單。

You sit first, I'll go get the menu.

吃

chī

[chih]

to eat

Used with 有 to form a natural question: 有吃…嗎? ‘Have you eaten…?’

Example

你有吃湯圓嗎?

Did you eat tangyuan (sweet rice balls)?

火鍋

huǒ guō

[huǒguō]

hot pot

A dish where food is cooked in a simmering pot of broth at the table.

Example

冬天很適合吃火鍋。

Winter is great for eating hot pot.

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