人齐了
Everyone is here.
大家都到了，服务员，我们人齐了。
Everyone's here — waiter, we're all here.
会议差不多可以开始，报告：人齐了。
The meeting can start soon — report: everyone is here.
Simplified Chinese - Meetups
Lesson 148 of 156
Goal: Start or wait? Short phrases for group meetups and restaurants
Free Simplified Chinese lessons with guided practice, audio, and speaking support.
Welcome — ready to practice a few short, very useful phrases for meetups in China. You'll listen, repeat, and use them in tiny real-life lines so they stick.
This lesson focuses on three quick phrases you can use at restaurants, meetings, or when friends gather.
Level A1: In this lesson you'll learn three common meetup phrases used in mainland China: 人齐了 (Rén qí le), 还差一个人 (Hái chà yí ge rén), and 我订了位子 (Wǒ dìng le wèizi). You'll practice hearing them in a short dialogue, choose the right phrase in quizzes, and say them out loud so you feel confident at your next group meetup. (CEFR-aligned — short and practical for Lesson 148.)
After this lesson you'll be able to:
- Recognize and understand three meetup phrases and when to use them.
- Practice listening and repeating the phrases aloud.
- Use the phrases at a restaurant or small gathering to start, wait, or show you've reserved — Level A1.
Ready? Let's go!
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1. Reading + Listening Practice
Hear core phrases, repeat aloud.
还差一个人
We’re still missing one person.
别急，先等等，还是还差一个人。
Don't rush, wait a bit — we're still missing one person.
我们先坐，服务员告诉他们我们还差一个人。
Let's sit first and tell the waiter we're still missing one person.
我订了位子
I reserved seats / a table.
晚上高峰，我打电话确认：你好，我订了位子，名字是李明。
At dinner rush I called to confirm: Hi, I reserved a table, the name is Li Ming.
到了餐厅，我对服务员说：我订了位子，请带我们去那张桌子。
At the restaurant I told the waiter: I reserved a table, please show us to that table.
2. Conversational Listening Practice
Hear phrases in a real mini-conversation.
At the restaurant entrance while waiting for the rest of the group
Who says they reserved the table?
Anna
大家到了吗
Is everyone here?
David
还差一个人，他还在路上。
We're still missing one person; he's on his way.
Anna
那我们先进不行吗？
Can we go in first?
David
我订了位子，告诉服务员等一下就好。
I reserved a table — tell the waiter to wait a bit and that's fine.
Anna
好，大家先坐下，等人来就人齐了。
Okay, everyone sit first; when the person arrives, we'll be all here.
David
对，先坐着，别着急。
Right, sit first, don't worry.
3. Guided Practice
Quizzes and matching to lock in meaning.
Which Chinese sentence means 'Everyone is here.'?
Which phrase would you say to the restaurant staff to show you booked a table?
If one friend hasn't arrived yet, which sentence fits?
You're at the table and everyone has arrived — what do you say before ordering?
The waiter asks 'Any reservation?' Mr. Li answers: 'I reserved a table.'
服务员在门口问：'有人预订吗？' 李先生回答：'___'。
Before the meeting, the host checks names and says: 'Okay, everyone is here, let's start.'
会议开始前，主持人看了看点名，说：'好了，___，我们开始吧。'
A friend outside calls to say he's stuck in traffic; everyone replies: 'Don't rush, we're still missing one person.'
门外等着的朋友打电话说他堵车，大家回答：'别急，___。'
Match the core phrases
Match the extra phrases
4. Speaking Practice
Say phrases yourself (mic/recording).
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Say this phrase out loud:
人齐了
Everyone is here.
Say this phrase out loud:
还差一个人
We're still missing one person.
Say this phrase out loud:
我订了位子
I reserved seats / a table.