Ordering food in restaurant in Chinese/Learn Chinese from the origin/HSK 1 words/Beginners

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Hello, today we are going to review the words and expressions for ordering food.
The character Yao evolves from the image of a lady's waist. So, the original meaning of Yao
was waist. But as the writing of the character changes, the meaning also changes. Nowadays,
Yao consists of Xi, which means waist, and Ming, which means woman, and its meaning is
want. Since the meaning is totally different with the original meaning, people create another
character based on Yao to indicate waist, that is Yao. The character Chi consists of Kou,
which means mouth, and Qi, which means air, indicating the disrupted flow of speech.
So, Chi, the original meaning is stammer, and now it means eat. The character He is a semantic
phonetic compound. The left radical Kou means mouth, indicating the character's meaning is
related with mouth. So, the original meaning of the Chinese character He means shout, and the
right radical's pronunciation is He, indicating the pronunciation is similar. And nowadays, He
means drink. The ancient Chinese character for Dian includes the writing of the character He,
which means black, and Zhan, which means occupy. And the radical for He is Huo, which means fire.
So, the original meaning for Dian indicates that the objects are blackened by the fire,
and thus the black dots occupied the objects. So, the original meaning for Dian is black dot.
And thus, the traditional Chinese character's writing for Dian includes He and Zhan. And then
Mandarin Chinese character for Dian is more simplified. It includes the writing of Zhan,
and the four dots, which represents the fire. So, Dian, the meaning is dot, and extends to
other meanings, like point, o'clock. The character Hai evolves from the combination
of the ancient Chinese character Xing, which means walk, and the image of a person's eyes watching
indicating a person is trying to find his way back. So, Hai, the original meaning is to return
to the original path, to return. When Hai means return, its pronunciation is Huan. And the
traditional Chinese character's writing is quite similar with the ancient Chinese character.
And thus, Hai has two pronunciations nowadays. When it means Huan, it means return. And when
it means Hai, it means in addition, also. And the Mandarin Chinese character Hai is more simplified.
It includes the writing of Bu, and the writing that represents walk. Now, let's have a look
at the usage of Yao when it means want.
And then, you could answer,
So, we can say,
I want some bread.
means drink. So,
means, what do you like to drink?
Cha, tea.
I like some tea.
Hai, still, also.
Other, others.
You want anything else?
And you could answer,
The negative form for Yao,
means, no, I don't want anything else.
Again, Lai, the original meaning is come.
indicates, I want something more. For example,
Zai Lai Ige Ping Guo.
Ige, one.
Ping Guo, apple.
Zai Lai Ige Ping Guo.
One more apple.
Zai Lai Liang Bei Ka Fei.
Liang Bei, two cups.
Ka Fei, coffee.
Zai Lai Liang Bei Ka Fei.
Two more cups of coffee.
So, that's the answer for Hai Yao Die De Ma.
Okay, that's all for today. See you next time.
