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Ordering a coffee Part 2 (Advanced): Indicates whether the coffee is for in-store or to be taken out.

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Key Phrases

想喝點什麼?

xiǎng hē diǎn shén me

What would you like to drink?

內用還是外帶?

nèi yòng hái shì wài dài

For here or to go?

還需要加點什麼嗎?

hái xū yào jiā diǎn shén me ma

Would you like anything else?

Skills You'll Learn

How to order a drink in a cafe

如何在咖啡店點飲料

rú hé zài kā fēi diàn diǎn yǐn liào

How to say drink preferences like hot or iced and size

如何表達飲料偏好,例如熱的或冰的、杯型大小

rú hé biǎo dá yǐn liào piān hǎo lì rú rè de huò bīng de bēi xíng dà xiǎo

How to finish an order politely

如何有禮貌地完成點餐

rú hé yǒu lǐ mào dì wán chéng diǎn cān

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you are at a coffee shop in Taiwan in the morning, ordering a medium hot latte to go and answering the staff’s simple questions politely.

早安,今天想喝點什麼?

zǎo ān jīn tiān xiǎng hē diǎn shén me

Good morning, what would you like to drink today?

早安,我想點一杯拿鐵。

zǎo ān wǒ xiǎng diǎn yī bēi ná tiě

Good morning, I’d like to order a latte.

好的,請問要內用還是外帶?

hǎo de qǐng wèn yào nèi yòng hái shì wài dài

Sure, would you like it for here or to go?

外帶,謝謝。

wài dài xiè xiè

To go, thank you.

好喔,要熱的還是冰的?

hǎo ō yào rè de hái shì bīng de

Okay, would you like it hot or iced?

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

🌅

早安

zǎo ān

Good morning

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想喝

xiǎng hē

Want to drink

💬 [想喝] is a very common pattern: [想] + verb means "want to …". You can swap the verb: [想吃] (want to eat), [想買] (want to buy).

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❓🛍️

點什麼

diǎn shén me

Order what

💬 Here [點] means "order," not "a little" or "o'clock." In shop talk, [點什麼] means "order what," as in asking what someone wants to get.

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❓🥤

想喝點什麼?

xiǎng hē diǎn shén me

What would you like to drink?

💬 [想] makes this softer than a direct question like [你要喝什麼?]. This pattern is useful in service situations: [想吃點什麼?] means "What would you like to eat?"

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🙋🛍️

我想點

wǒ xiǎng diǎn

I want to order

💬 [我想點] is a polite, natural way to start an order: [我想] + verb. You can reuse it with other actions too, like [我想買] (I'd like to buy) or [我想問] (I'd like to ask).

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一杯

yī bēi

A cup of

💬 [杯] is the counting word for drinks in cups. Use [一杯] before the drink name: [一杯咖啡], [一杯紅茶].

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☕🥛

拿鐵

ná tiě

Latte

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🙋🛍️☕🥛

我想點一杯拿鐵。

wǒ xiǎng diǎn yī bēi ná tiě

I'd like to order a latte.

💬 In orders, Chinese often goes from general to specific: [我想點] + quantity + item. You can swap the ending easily, like [我想點一杯美式。] or [我想點一個貝果。]

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👍

好的

hǎo de

Sure

🇹🇼 [好的] is a standard, polite service reply in Taiwan, meaning the staff has understood and is proceeding. It sounds a bit more professional than plain [好].

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