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Clearing the Table

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ID: 1003 Elementary
A vain flap of the hand. A loud throat clear. A futile effort at eye contact. You want a waiter and you want one now. How you gonna find one? That's right. Start hollering. Hey, you're not tipping so you get what you pay for. Here's how to ask your waiter to clear your dishes away, in Chinese.
Jenny , Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
服务员 fúwùyuán waiter
好 hǎo shows completion
帮 bāng to help; to assist
收走 shōuzǒu to clear away
服务员服务员
fúwùyuán 服务员fúwùyuán 服务员
Waiter! Waiter!
什么事
shénme 什么shì 事
What is it?
这个吃好了帮我们收走吧
zhè ge 这个chī 吃hǎo 好le 了bāng 帮wǒmen 我们shōuzǒu 收走ba 吧
We're done eating this. Could you take it away?
好那这个呢
hǎo 好nà 那zhè ge 这个ne 呢
OK. How about this one?
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