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How to Say ‘I want to eat a chicken leg bento.’ in Traditional Chinese

我想吃雞腿便當。

wǒ xiǎng chī jī tuǐ biàn dāng

[wo shyang chī jītuǐ biàn dāng]

Phrase Breakdown

我想吃

wǒ xiǎng chī

I want to eat

我 (wǒ) means 'I', 想 (xiǎng) means 'want to' and 吃 (chī) means 'eat'.

Example

我想吃水果。

I want to eat fruit.

Words in this phrase

我

wǒ

[wo]

I; me

The first-person pronoun used to talk about yourself.

Example

我想多了解你們公司的制度，所以先自我介紹。

I want to learn more about your company’s system, so I’ll introduce myself first.

想

xiǎng

[shyang]

want to; would like to

Used to express desire or intention to do something.

Example

我想多認識一些產業的人。

I want to get to know more people in the industry.

吃

chī

[chī]

to eat

The basic verb for eating food.

Example

我們去吃晚餐吧。

Let's go eat dinner.

雞腿便當。

jī tuǐ biàn dāng

a chicken leg lunch box.

雞腿 (jītuǐ) means 'chicken leg' and 便當 (biàndāng) means 'lunch box'. This is a classic Taiwanese lunch.

Example

雞腿便當很有名。

The chicken leg lunch box is very famous.

Words in this phrase

雞腿

jī tuǐ

[jītuǐ]

chicken leg; drumstick

The leg of a chicken, often fried or braised.

Example

我最喜歡吃雞腿。

I like eating chicken legs the most.

便

biàn

[biàn]

convenient (first syllable of 便當, lunch box)

First character of 便當, a boxed meal.

Example

你要買便當嗎？

Do you want to buy a lunch box?

當

dāng

[dāng]

second syllable of 便當 (lunch box)

Combined with 便 to mean boxed lunch.

Example

便當店人很多。

The lunch box shop is crowded.

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