Restaurant reservations Part 4 (Advanced): Asking about accessibility features for disabled guests.

💬 Time words run from largest to smallest, ending with the hour: 這週六 + 晚上 + 六點. You don't need a word for "at". Swap in 明天中午十二點 "tomorrow at noon" using the same order.

💬 門口 is literally "door mouth". 口 shows up in many words for openings, like 出口 "exit" and 入口 "entrance".

💬 In 一個, 一 is said (yí), not (yī), because 個 (gè) is a falling tone. That gives (yí ge xiǎo tái jiē).

💬 To say something exists somewhere, start with the place and follow it with 有: place + 有 + thing. 門口有一個小台階 works just like 店裡有廁所 "there's a restroom in the shop".

💬 活動式 means "movable type". Adding 式 to a word makes a description like "-style". Compare 折疊式 "folding".

💬 Putting 起來 after an action adds the sense of raising or putting something into place. 架 means "to prop up", so 架起來 means "set it up". Similarly, 站起來 means "stand up".

💬 Like other describing words, 寬敞 (kuān chǎng) can be the whole sentence without 是. You'd say 這裡很寬敞 "it's roomy here".

💬 Put 好 before an action and it means "easy to do": 好停 means "easy to park". Swap in 好找 "easy to find" or 好走 "easy to walk".

💬 停 normally means parking a car or scooter. Here it means placing a wheelchair at the table. The phrase before 的 describes 位置 "spot", so the whole thing means "a spot where the wheelchair is easy to park".

💬 Chairs are counted with 張, the counting word for flat or surface things like tables, chairs, and paper. 掉 after a verb means "away/off": 撤掉 means "remove", and 丟掉 means "throw away".

💬 靠 literally means "to lean against". Before a place it means "next to": 靠窗 "by the window", 靠門口 "by the door".

💬 Descriptions go before the noun, joined by 的: 靠門口 + 的 + 桌子. Try 靠窗的桌子 "a table by the window".

💬 麻煩 (má fán) literally means "trouble". Here it's used as a verb, "I've troubled you", and 了 marks that it has already happened.

🇹🇼 Taiwanese people say this when someone does something for them, like holding a window table. It works better than a plain 謝謝 "thank you" because it acknowledges the other person's effort.

💬 店 covers any shop or restaurant. Adding 裡 makes it "inside", so 店裡 means "in the shop/restaurant".

🇹🇼 廁所 (cè suǒ) is the everyday, perfectly polite word in Taiwan. 洗手間 "washroom" is slightly softer.

🇹🇼 In Taiwan, 無障礙 is the standard term on signs for accessible facilities. You'll see it in MRT stations, department stores, and public buildings, usually with the wheelchair symbol.

🇹🇼 Staff say 我們店裡 when talking about their own restaurant. Hearing it means the person is speaking for the business.

💬 比較 often doesn't compare anything. It softens the statement to "rather/kind of": 比較窄 means "a bit narrow", and 比較貴 means "a bit pricey".

🇹🇼 Using 比較 here is a polite way of admitting a wheelchair probably won't fit. Taiwanese staff tend to hint at a problem rather than state it flatly.

🇹🇼 A drawn-out 這樣啊… is the natural way to take mild disappointment gracefully before you move on to a backup option.

💬 那 (nà) here means "that place". 附近 (fù jìn) means "vicinity", so together they mean "around there".

💬 其他 means "other". With place + 有 + 其他... + 嗎 you can ask whether there's an alternative, as in 有其他時間嗎？ "any other time?"

💬 Taiwanese often shorten 百貨公司 "department store" to just 百貨. 隔壁 (gé bì) means "next door".

🇹🇼 Taiwan's department stores usually have accessible restrooms, so restaurants commonly send guests next door to use them.

💬 Adding 過去 to a movement verb means going over toward somewhere away from the speaker. Its opposite is 過來 "come over here", as in 走過來 "walk over here".

💬 Because 分 is first tone, 一 stays (yì) here: (dà gài yì fēn zhōng).

💬 Put the way of travelling first, then the time it takes: 走過去 + 大概一分鐘. Swap the start to get 開車過去十分鐘 "ten minutes by car".

💬 帶路 is literally "lead the road". To offer it, staff say 我帶您過去 "I'll take you there".

💬 Here 好 means "fine/good", not "very", so 那就好 means "then that's fine". It's a handy all-purpose reply when a worry gets cleared up.

💬 們 makes 你 plural. 你們 thanks the whole staff, not just the one person you're talking to.

💬 這麼 (zhè me) means "so/this much" and goes before a describing word: 這麼好 "so nice", 這麼快 "so fast".

💬 In Chinese the reason simply follows 謝謝, with no word for "for": 謝謝你幫忙 means "thanks for helping".

🇹🇼 In Taiwan 訂位 (dìng wèi) is the word you'll hear on the phone and see on booking sites. Many popular restaurants only take reservations a set number of days ahead, so ask early for weekends.

💬 的 after a name shows possession, like English 's: 王先生的名字 "Mr. Wang's name".

💬 就 here means "just/simply". 就用 means "just use", which makes the instruction sound easy and settled.

💬 需求 (xū qiú) is a noun meaning "needs/requirements". Put any noun in front of it: 飲食需求 "dietary needs".

💬 幫您 means "for you". It's polite, using 您, the respectful form of "you". 下 after 記 means getting something written down, and 了 shows it's already done.

🇹🇼 幫您 plus 您 is typical service-staff language in Taiwan. You'll hear it when the booking is wrapped up and confirmed.

💬 Put a time before 見 (jiàn) to say "see you then": 明天見 "see you tomorrow", 晚上見 "see you tonight".