一家小餐馆 · A Small Restaurant
Yì jiā xiǎo cānguǎn — The dumpling shop around the corner.
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我家附近有一家小餐馆。
There is a small restaurant near my home.
老板是一对年轻的夫妻。
The owners are a young couple.
他们每天早上五点就开始准备。
Every morning at five they start preparing.
餐馆虽然不大,但是非常干净。
Though small, the restaurant is very clean.
他们做的饺子是最有名的。
Their dumplings are the most famous.
每天中午都有人排队。
Every day at noon people line up.
有时候要等三十分钟。
Sometimes you wait thirty minutes.
不过饺子真的值得等。
But the dumplings are really worth waiting for.
我几乎每个星期都去。
I go almost every week.
Vocabulary in this story (44 words)
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 我家 | wǒ jiā | my home |
| 附近 | fùjìn | nearby |
| 有 | yǒu | has |
| 一家 | yì jiā | one (measure) |
| 小 | xiǎo | small |
| 餐馆 | cānguǎn | restaurant |
| 老板 | lǎobǎn | owner |
| 是 | shì | is |
| 一对 | yí duì | a (measure pair) |
| 年轻的 | niánqīng de | young |
| 夫妻 | fūqī | couple |
| 他们 | tāmen | they |
| 每天 | měitiān | every day |
| 早上 | zǎoshang | morning |
| 五点 | wǔ diǎn | five o'clock |
| 就 | jiù | already |
| 开始 | kāishǐ | start |
| 准备 | zhǔnbèi | prepare |
| 虽然 | suīrán | although |
| 不大 | bú dà | not big |
| 但是 | dànshì | but |
| 非常 | fēicháng | extremely |
| 干净 | gānjìng | clean |
| 做的 | zuò de | made |
| 饺子 | jiǎozi | dumplings |
| 最 | zuì | most |
| 有名的 | yǒumíng de | famous |
| 中午 | zhōngwǔ | noon |
| 都 | dōu | always |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | there are people |
| 排队 | pái duì | lining up |
| 有时候 | yǒushíhou | sometimes |
| 要 | yào | need to |
| 等 | děng | wait |
| 三十 | sānshí | thirty |
| 分钟 | fēnzhōng | minutes |
| 不过 | búguò | however |
| 真的 | zhēn de | really |
| 值得 | zhíde | worth |
| 我 | wǒ | I |
| 几乎 | jīhū | almost |
| 每个 | měi gè | every |
| 星期 | xīngqī | week |
| 去 | qù | go |