ention
Don't tap on your bowl with your chopsticks.
Don't stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl. Instead, lay them on your dish.
zhōngguó cānzhuō lǐyí
中国餐桌礼仪
Table Manners In China
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cānzhuō lǐyí
餐桌礼仪
Table Manners
Take the seats
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zuò wèi
座位 seat
In china, people often choose a large round table for their dinner party.
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Jiā cài
夹菜
Sometimes the Chinese host use the chopsticks to put food in your bowl or plate. This is a sign of politeness. The appropriate thing to do would be to eat whatever-it-is and say how yummy it is. If you feel uncomfortable with this, you can just say a polite thank you and leave the food there.
zhǔ rén
主人
kè rén
客人
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huó dòng
活 动 activity
❖ How to use chopsticks?
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zhù yì
注意 Attention
Don't tap on your bowl with your chopsticks.
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wǎn
碗 Bowl
Because when the food is coming too slow in a restaurant, people will tap their bowls. If you are in someone's home, it is like insulting the cook.
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chá hú
茶壶 Teapot
It is impolite to set the teapot down where the spout is facing towards somebody. The spout should always be directed to where nobody is sitting, usually just outward from the table.
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cānzhuō lǐyí
餐桌礼仪
Table Manners
Leave from the feast
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yāo qǐng
邀请 Invite
When you leave the feast, you should show your thank to the host or invite the host to your house hereafter.
Have meals
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1. 先请客人、长者动筷子； 2. 夹菜jiácài时每次少夹一些； 3. 离自己远的菜就少吃一些； 4. 吃饭喝汤时最好不要发出声音； 5. 不要打嗝dǎgé、打喷嚏dǎpēntì； 6. 吃到鱼头、鱼刺、骨头等物时，不要往外
面吐，也不要往地上扔。要慢慢用手拿到 自己的碟子里，或放在紧靠自己餐桌边或 放在事先准备好的纸上。
❖ Second, lead the senior or host to the seat ❖ At last, others take the seat from the left
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huó dòng
活 动 activity
❖ Take a seat !
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cānzhuō lǐyí
餐桌礼仪
Table Manners
zhù yì
注意 Attention
Don't tap on your bowl with your chopsticks.
Don't stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl. Instead, lay them on your dish.
Make sure the spout of the teapot is not facing anyone.
As the west table manners, Chinese have their own rules of taking seats.
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zhzhǎǔngréznhě
主长人者 sheonsiotr
mén
门 door
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kè rén
客人 guest
mén
门 door 5
zhù yì
注意 Attention Left ❖ First, lead the guest to the seat of honor
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mǐ fàn
米饭 Rice
when somebody dies, the shrine to them contains a bowl of sand or rice with two sticks of incense stuck upright in it. So if you stick your chopsticks in the rice bowl, it looks like a shrine and is equivalent to wishing death upon a person at the table! 16
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7. 要适时地抽空和左右的人聊几句，不要光顾 着头吃饭，不管别人，也不要狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn地大吃一顿，更不要贪杯tānbēi。 8. 最好不要在餐桌上剔牙tīyá，如果要剔牙时， 就要用餐巾或手挡dǎng住自己的嘴巴。
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kuài zi
筷子Chopsticks
Chopsticks are the traditional eating utensils of China.