How to Say ‘What do you want to eat?’ in Traditional Chinese
你想吃什麼？
nǐ xiǎng chī shén me
[nǐ shyang chī shénme]
Phrase Breakdown
你想吃
nǐ xiǎng chī
you want to eat
你 (nǐ) means 'you', 想 (xiǎng) means 'want to' and 吃 (chī) means 'eat'. 你 shifts to a second tone before the third tone 想.
你想吃麵嗎？
Do you want to eat noodles?
Words in this phrase
你
nǐ
[nǐ]
you
Refers to the person being spoken to.
你今天看起來很高興。
You look happy today.
想
xiǎng
[shyang]
want to; would like to
Used to express desire or intention to do something.
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.
我們去吃晚餐吧。
Let's go eat dinner.
什麼？
shén me
what?
什麼 (shénme) means 'what'. Stress 什 and keep 麼 light.
這是什麼？
What is this?
Words in this phrase
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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