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饭店 in Context

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饭店 

Usage 1 - "restaurant (sometimes hotel)": 

Sentence:

朋友在饭店里点好了菜等着我们,所以我们得尽快过去。 

English:

Friend is waiting for us in the restaurant and ordered the food, so we should go as soon as possible.

Top-Down Words:

尽快 jǐnkuài - as quickly as possible (sometimes jìnkuài)
里 lǐ - inside, within
所以 suóyǐ - so, as a result


Sentence:

饭店开门没?

English:

Is the restaurant open?


*Sentence:

有时我们一起去饭店吃饭,有时我自己回去做饭。

English:

Sometimes we go eat at a restaurant together, and sometimes I go back by myself and cook.

Top-Down Words:

有时 yǒushí - sometimes



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Comments   3

Helen

Can we also say 饭店开门了吗? Which is more commonly used?

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Mandarin Blueprint

Yes! And your example is the more common one, although both are fine.

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