✈ NETCHAI HOSPITALITY CHINESE
Dining ① Welcoming & Seating餐饮① 迎客与带位
LESSON
46
46
01Scene
In this lesson you welcome guests arriving at a restaurant, ask how many people are in their party, and show them to their table — including checking their reservation and handing them the menu.
02Service Phrases
1
欢迎光临！
Welcome!
2
您几位？
How many in your party?
3
您有预约吗？
Do you have a reservation?
4
请跟我来。
This way, please (please follow me).
5
抱歉，现在没有空位。
I'm sorry, we're full at the moment (there are no free tables).
6
您能等三十分钟吗？
Could you wait about thirty minutes?
7
这是菜单。
Here is the menu.
03Dialogue
SCENE Showing guests to their table
店员Staff
欢迎光临！您几位？
顾客Guest
我们两位。
店员Staff
好的，请跟我来。
顾客Guest
谢谢。有中文菜单吗？
店员Staff
有，这是中文菜单。
04Key Words
1
位measure word for people, polite (introduced in Lesson 41)
2
预约reservation
3
空位free table / vacant seat
4
菜单menu
5
中文Chinese (language)
6
分钟minute(s) (introduced in Lesson 36)
05Today's Grammar Point
Today's Grammar Point
The measure word 位 wèi — counting people politely
When counting guests, use the respectful measure word 位 instead of the ordinary 个.
① 几位？／两位
To ask "How many in your party?" say 您几位？; the answer is 两位 (two people). "Two people" is 两位 (never 二位). Before a measure word, use 两 (see Lesson 4).
- 我们三位。There are three of us.
- 这位先生this gentleman
Note: for counting guests, say 两位・三位… — never 二位.
Service tip: To check a reservation, ask 您有预约吗？; if you're full, say 抱歉，现在没有空位，您能等…吗？ to politely ask guests to wait.
06Practice
- Answer "您几位？" with a number of people (两位／三位／四位).
- With a partner, act out the full sequence: welcome → ask the party size → check the reservation → show the guests to their table.
- Practice telling guests the restaurant is full: "抱歉，现在没有位子".
07Reference Translation
Dialogue — reference translation
StaffWelcome! How many in your party?
GuestTwo of us.
StaffCertainly — this way, please.
GuestThank you. Do you have a Chinese menu?
StaffWe do — here is the Chinese menu.