EP54 结账 Payment Methods

 Chinese 101: expressions on paying a bill in the restaurant

 

Language Tips: Modern payment methods in China

 

Story of The Day: To repeat an order time and again 三令五申 sān lìng wǔ shēn

 

 

Dialogue:

 

A：服务员，买单！

 

fú wù yuán ，mǎi dān ！

 

Waiter, check please.

 

B：您一共消费三百五十元。现金还是刷卡？

 

Nín yī gòng xiāo fèi sān bǎi wǔ shí yuán 。xiàn jīn hái shì shuā kǎ ？

 

Your need to pay RMB 350 in total. Would you like to use cash or POS?

 

A：可以用微信或者支付宝吗？

 

kě yǐ yòng wēi xìn huò zhě zhī fù bǎo ma ？

 

May I use Wechat or Alipay? 

 

B：都可以。

 

dōu kě yǐ。

 

Either is OK.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【服务员】fú wù yuán：waiter; waitress

 

【买单】mǎi dān：pay the bill

 

【一共】yī gòng：total; together

 

【消费】xiāo fèi: consumption; spending

 

【现金】xiàn jīn: cash

 

【刷卡】shuā kǎ: POS, credit card

 

【可以】kě yǐ: may, can, ok

 

【微信】wēi xìn: wechat

 

【或者】huò zhě: or

 

【支付宝】zhī fù bǎo: Alipay 

 

Hosts: Liu Min & Jessica

 

Programme Editor: Wang Xiaoyu

 

Producer: Lu Chang