How to Say ‘We'll be looking forward to seeing you for dinner tonight.’ in Traditional Chinese
今晚等您們來用餐。
jīn wǎn děng nín men lái yòng cān
[jeen-wahn dung neen-men lie yohng-tsan]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: This kind of line is common in reservation calls or messages from restaurants in Taiwan. [等您們來用餐] sounds warm and professional, more like "we look forward to welcoming you" than literally "wait for you to come eat."
Phrase Breakdown
今晚
jīn wǎn
[jeen-wahn]
tonight
Refers to this evening or tonight. Common when confirming the time of a reservation.
今晚等您們來用餐。
We’ll be waiting for you tonight to dine.
等您們
děng nín men
to wait for you all
Polite plural form used for addressing the guests.
我們在門口等您。
We’ll wait for you at the entrance.
Words in this phrase
等
děng
[dung]
to wait for
Used here in a welcoming way to mean the restaurant will be expecting the guests.
今晚我們等您們來用餐。
Tonight we’ll be waiting for you to come dine.
您們
nín men
[neen-men]
you (plural, polite)
A respectful plural you for addressing multiple guests politely.
今晚等您們來用餐，我們已經準備好了。
We’re waiting for you all to come dine tonight; we’re already prepared.
來用餐
lái yòng cān
to come dine / come to eat
A polite way to say someone is coming to eat at a restaurant.
歡迎來用餐。
Welcome to dine here.
Words in this phrase
來
lái
[lie]
to come
Indicates coming to a place, here meaning coming to the restaurant.
歡迎您們今晚來用餐。
You’re welcome to come dine tonight.
用餐
yòng cān
[yohng-tsan]
to dine; to have a meal
A polite expression for eating a meal, often used by restaurants toward guests.
今晚等您們來用餐，希望您們喜歡靠窗的位子。
We’ll be waiting for you tonight to dine; we hope you like the window seat.
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