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United States flagBrady Thompson
Working at a Chinese restaurant as delivery, what sort of things should I learn to say? (and hear) Hello, I just started working as a delivery driver for a local Chinese place here. My tones are fine, and they understand me when I do say a word or two in Chinese to help them understand something. But, I literally only know a few words and grammar, so what should I do to start speaking with them USEFULLY right away? (One thing specifically I'm looking for is how to say 'I'm off' or something whenever I get a delivery, I feel like zai jian is not appropriate.) In Japanese, I always talked about hobbies and such, but here it's a little more unclear since it's a work environment. I wait for a delivery, go up, they explain to me the address, and I tell them if I understand or not, then I go. I'd like to be able to help them with misunderstandings with English, like they didn't understand "no breading" and I looked up the word for bread and said it to them and they understood. I'd like to be able to do this with out looking up words, but how do I know what to expect? Thanks!

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[ I'm off] you can say 我走啦!it's more natual than zaijian.Zaijian is a word you say when you finish your work and are going home. I think a good topic in the work environment is o talk about work stuff.Like 今天工作累吗? How's your work today,tired? or 今天路上堵车! there is a traffic jam ...something like that .I think traffic is something that people usually talk about in big cities.. I don't know if I have made any grammer mistake . Hope I can help you^ ^
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I suggest that you can list up some useful sentences here so that we can help you to translate them in Chinese. Such as: This is the meal you ordered. 这(zhè)是(shì)您(nín)点(diǎn)的(de)餐(cān)。Or other sentences were talked about in your working environment.
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You can say 我走了 or 我先走了 when you leave. You can say 有什么要我帮忙的吗 when you ask if they need any help. You can say 不客气 when you want to say "you are welcome" You should probably learn some basic words for regular Chinese food. 米饭rice 面条noodle 汤 soup You can just find those words from the restaurant menu. Good luck.

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