EP35 请客 My Treat

EP35 请客 My Treat

• Chinese 101: How to say "This is my treat" in Chinese

• Grammar: 请/请客；尽管；这么/那么；吧

• Language Tips: The dining etiquette rules in China

• Story of The Day: To lap up information without digesting it 囫囵吞枣 hú lún tūn zǎo

Dialogue:

A：今天我请客，想吃什么尽管点。

jīn tiān wǒ qǐng kè ，xiǎng chī shí me jǐn guǎn diǎn.

Feel free to order anything you want. I'm buying.

B：这么大方！那么，下次我请你吧。

zhè me dà fāng ！nà me ，xià cì wǒ qǐng nǐ ba 。

You’re so generous! Well, let me buy the next round.

Words & Expressions:

【请客】qǐng kè: stand treat; entertain guests; invite sb. to dinner; 

【吃】chī: eat

【尽管】jǐn guǎn：feel free; though; despite; notwithstanding

【点】diǎn：point; dot; order (in this case）

【这么】zhè me: so；that；such; this way; like this

【那么】nà me: then; in that case; so/and/well

【下次】xià cì ：next time

【吧】ba:to concede a point