🎙️8️⃣Having Dinner Together – Making Plans and Invitations in Chinese

In this episode, we’ll finally have dinner with a friend! You’ll learn how to make invitations, ask questions politely with 要不要 and 想不想, and use 还是 to offer choices naturally in Chinese. 🍲🥢

星期五下班后，我给同事发消息。我说：“今晚一起吃晚饭吧？你想吃中国菜还是日本菜？”她回我：“我想吃日本菜！要不要去那家新开的餐厅？”我说：“好啊，我听说那里的寿司很好吃！”

Xīng qī wǔ xià bān hòu, wǒ gěi tóng shì fā xiāo xī.Wǒ shuō: “Jīn wǎn yì qǐ chī wǎn fàn ba? Nǐ xiǎng chī Zhōng guó cài hái shì Rì běn cài?”Tā huí wǒ: “Wǒ xiǎng chī Rì běn cài! Yào bù yào qù nà jiā xīn kāi de cān tīng?”Wǒ shuō: “Hǎo a, wǒ tīng shuō nà lǐ de shòu sī hěn hǎo chī!”

• 一起 — together

• 还是 — or (used in questions)

• 要不要 / 想不想 — would you like to / do you want to