val1

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From :   val

Date : 2010-02-01 / 03:40PM

What’s with all the restaurants!!!? Can someone help me work out which restaurant word I should be using for what restaurant….. I understand the Mcdonalds etc and i presume the first one is just like a Uni canteen or cafeteria…… and yes….. i realise a dumpling restaurant is a dumplig restaurant!…. but what about the rest?…. HELP!! by the way I have to learn to recognise traditional chinese characters as I will be in Taiwan

餐廳
cāntīng
dining-hall / dining-room / restaurant / CL: 間|间, 家

飯店
fàndiàn
restaurant / hotel

餐館
cānguǎn
restaurant

酒樓
jiǔlóu
restaurant

料理店
liàolǐdiàn
restaurant

酒家
jiǔjiā
restaurant

飯館兒
fànguǎnr
a restaurant

餐飲店
cānyǐndiàn
dining room / restaurant

飯館
fànguǎn
restaurant

餃子館
jiǎoziguǎn
dumpling restaurant

漢堡王
Hànbǎowáng
Burger King (fast food restaurant)

麥當勞
Màidāngláo
MacDonald or McDonald (name) / McDonald’s (fast food company)

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher askbenny.net 
2010-02-22 / 04:58PM

Deal Val,

We have lots of versions for restaurant, but normally, we would use “fàn diàn 饭店 (in South)” and 饭馆 fàn guǎn (in north)" for “restaurant”

酒楼,酒家 are used for big restaurants. 餐厅,餐馆 are used in Guan Dong and Hong Kong

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patrick

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 Dr. Tech askbenny.net 
2010-02-25 / 12:36PM

Your list can be grouped as the followings

1. common names for restaurants, e.g., 饭店 fàndiàn, 餐廳 cāntīng, 酒樓 jiǔlóu, 酒家 jiǔjiā

2. name for specialty restaurants, e.g., 料理店 liàolǐdiàn=normally referring to Japanese restaurant for Sushi and Sashimi, 餃子館 jiǎoziguǎn=restaurant for dumplings

3. name for brand restaurants, e.g., 麥當勞 Màidāngláo=McDonald, 漢堡王 Hànbǎowáng=Burger King

If you are talking about a restaurant in general, use names in #1.

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