Sharing dishes is a big part of Taiwanese food culture — whether you’re eating with friends, family, or colleagues. In this episode, Mindy and Joeru teach you the most useful verbs and polite phrases you’ll hear at a family-style table, plus how to ask others to help serve you in a natural, Taiwanese way. 🎯 Today’s Topic: Common verbs and polite phrases used when eating family-style in Mandarin 🗝 Key Sentence: 請幫我夾菜。(Qǐng bāng wǒ jiá cài。)– Please help me get some food 🗣 Listener Challenge: Use 我幫你/請幫我 + action to describe something you would say during a shared meal. Example: 我幫你盛飯 / 請幫我倒茶. Share your sentence with us on Instagram @bitesize.chinese! 🍽️💛 🍰 About Bitesize Basics 🍰 Welcome to 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 — a podcast series for beginner Mandarin learners (A1)! Each episode teaches one useful grammar point or vocabulary set through fun, practical conversations. Learn with Mindy and Joeru and build your Mandarin step by step! 📱 Follow us on Instagram @bitesize.chinese for this week’s vocabulary recap and practice tips! 🔅 Buy us a coffee|贊助我們一杯咖啡 🔅 Leave a comment | 留言給我 🪷 Bitesize Chinese 一口中文 Website 🪷 Bitesize Chinese 一口中文 Instagram 🪷 Learn Chinese with us | 跟我們學中文 Powered by Firstory Hosting
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