Asking for silverware in two easy steps.

Sometimes you’ll be seated only to discover there’s no silverware at your table or there just isn’t enough for everyone.

Step one: Call over your server.

Server (Waiter / Waitress).

服务员

fú wù yuán

Step two: Tell them your silverware is missing.

There’s no silverware.

没有餐具

méi yǒu cān jù

Full sentence.

Server. There’s no silverware.

服务员没有餐具

fú wù yuán méi yǒu cān jù

There are no chopsticks.

没有筷子

méi yǒu kuài zi

Silverware items

Chopsticks

筷子

kuài zi

Spoon

勺子

sháo zi

Knife

 刀子

dāo zi

Bowl

碗

wǎn

Little plate

碟子

dié zi

Napkin (tissues)

纸巾

zhǐ jīn

Cups

杯子

bēi zi

Asking if they have something

Do you have?

有吗

yǒu ma

Do you have any napkins/tissues?

有纸巾吗

yǒu zhǐ jīn ma

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