How to Say ‘What are you going to eat?’ in Traditional Chinese
要吃什麼？
yào chī shén me
[yào chī shénme]
💬 Usage Tip: 什麼 (shén me) sits where the answer would go, so the word order stays the same as a statement. 我要吃麵 "I'm going to eat noodles" answers 要吃什麼？ slot for slot.
Phrase Breakdown
要
yào
[yào]
about to; going to
With 了, shows something is about to happen.
比賽要開始了。
The match is about to start.
吃
chī
[chī]
to eat
The basic verb for eating food.
我們去吃晚餐吧。
Let's go eat dinner.
什麼
shén me
[shénme]
what
Question word for 'what'.
你想買什麼？
What do you want to buy?
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