The document discusses making plans to eat hotpot for dinner. A conversation shows that one person asks what time they will leave to eat, and the other responds they will leave at 7pm. When asked what they will eat, the response is that they will eat hotpot. Key vocabulary includes words for time (diǎn), to eat (chī), and hotpot (huǒɡuō).

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Jīn tiān chī shén me
今天吃什么
What're we gonna eat today
CONTENT
Wǒ men jǐ diǎn qù chī fàn ?
M： 我 们 几 点 去 吃 饭 ？
What time are we leaving to eat?
Qī diǎn .
F： 七 点 。
7 o'clock.
Jīn tiān chī shén me ?
M： 今 天 吃 什 么 ？
What're we gonna eat today?
Chī huǒ ɡuō .
F： 吃 火 锅 。
We're gonna eat Hotpot.
VOCABULARY
点 diǎn m. o’clock
吃饭 chī fàn v. to dine out
七 qī nu. seven
今天 jīntiān n. today
吃 chī v. to eat
火锅 huǒɡuō n. Hotpot
EXAMPLES
chī
吃 to eat
Wǒ men chī kǎo yā .
我 们 吃 烤 鸭 。
We are eating roast duck.
Nǐ chī jiǎo zi mɑ ?
你 吃 饺 子 吗 ？
Do you eat dumplings?
Tā bù chī jiǎo zi .
他 不 吃 饺 子 。
He doesn't eat dumplings.

2. jǐ
几 + Measure word how many + Measure word
Xiàn zài jǐ diǎn ?
现 在 几 点 ？
What time is it now?
Tā zhù jǐ cénɡ ?
他 住 几 层 ？
What floor does he live on?
Wǒ men jǐ diǎn qù tā jiā ?
我 们 几 点 去 他 家 ？
What time are we going to his home?