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

💬 [您] is the polite version of [你]. You'll hear it with customers a lot: [您好], [您要什麼] (what would you like?).

🇹🇼 In Taiwan, staff often use [您] with customers to sound polite. You can reply with [我] for yourself; you do not need to mirror [您].

🇹🇼 [您好] is a standard polite greeting from staff to customers in Taiwan. As a customer, you can answer with [您好] too, but a simple [你好] also works in casual places.

💬 [要] is the everyday verb for wanting or asking for something: [我要咖啡], [我要大杯]. In ordering, it often sounds more like "I'll have..." than a strong "want."

💬 [我要] is a very common ordering pattern in Taiwan: [我要] + thing, like [我要一杯咖啡] or [我要外帶]. It's direct but normal in shops, not rude.

💬 [一] is usually read (yì) before a fourth-tone word, so [一杯] is said (yì bēi), not (yī bēi). You'll hear the same in [一樣] (yí yàng) and [一個] (yí ge), depending on the next word.

💬 [杯] is the counting word for drinks in cups or glasses. Use it after a number: [一杯咖啡], [兩杯茶].