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Chinese table manners in English

Table manners in English is: table manners .

1, seating. Seating order is "ShangZhouZhunDong", "face to the door is honored". If it is a round table, is facing the door of the host guest, the host guest left and right hand side of the position, the distance from the host guest, the closer the location of the host guest, the more honored, the same distance from the left side of the right side of the honored. If the Baxian table, if there is a seat facing the door, the right side of the door is the main guest. If not facing the door, the right seat on the side facing east for the chief.

2, order food. If time permits, you should wait for most of the guests to arrive, the menu for guests to circulate, and ask them to order. Of course, as an official banquet, you will worry about the budget, therefore, to control the budget, the most important thing for you is to do more homework before the meal, and it is more important to choose the right grade of inviting the guests to the venue.

3, into the seat. After the guests are seated, do not immediately hands to take food. And should be greeted by the host, the host raised his glass to signal the beginning of the guests can start; guests can not grab in front of the host. Clip the food to be civilized, should wait for the dishes to their own front, and then move the chopsticks, do not rush in front of the neighbor, a clip should not be too much food. To chew and swallow slowly, which is not only conducive to digestion, but also the requirements of table manners.

4, clip vegetables. Dining action should be elegant, pinch Lai do not touch the neighboring seat, do not dial the dish to the table, do not splash the soup over. Do not make unnecessary noise, such as drinking soup, "gulp gulp", eat vegetables when the mouth "bla bla" sound, which are vulgar performance.

5. Eating. Chinese people are generally very concerned about eating, but also very concerned about eating appearance. With the workplace etiquette is more and more attention, the business dinner table to eat and eating appearance is also more pay attention to. The following Chinese food as an example, to teach you how to be polite and courteous at the table, and get the job done.