Food Delivery 外卖 | Learn Chinese with Yoyo Mo

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中国的外卖非常发达。

zhōng guó | de | wài mài | fēi cháng | fā dá

Food delivery in China is extremely developed.

你可以看到非常多的外卖员，

nǐ | kě yǐ | kàn dào | fēi cháng duō | de | wài mài yuán

You can see a lot of food delivery riders,

他们骑车在路上，

tā men | qí chē | zài | lù shàng

riding their electric bikes on the roads

或在小区里赶路。

huò | zài | xiǎo qū | lǐ | gǎn lù

or hurrying through residential areas.

主要就是两大品牌的竞争，

zhǔ yào | jiù shì | liǎng dà | pǐn pái | de | jìng zhēng

The competition is mainly between two major brands,

幕后都是大资本。

mù hòu | dōu shì | dà | zī běn

with large capital backing them behind the scenes.

大多数的年轻人都会经常点外卖，

dà duō shù | de | nián qīng rén | dōu huì | jīng cháng | diǎn | wài mài

Most young people order takeout regularly,

我们家里也会时不时点外卖，

wǒ men | jiā lǐ | yě huì | shí bù shí | diǎn | wài mài

and our family also orders takeout from time to time

这样简单地解决一顿饭。

zhè yàng | jiǎn dān | de | jiě jué | yī dùn | fàn

to simply settle a meal.

同一个饭店，同样的菜品，

tóng yī gè | fàn diàn | tóng yàng | de | cài pǐn

For the same restaurant and the same dishes,

外卖的价格要贵一点点，

wài mài | de | jià gé | yào | guì | yī diǎn diǎn

the takeout price is a bit more expensive—

主要是因为平台要抽成，

zhǔ yào | shì | yīn wèi | píng tái | yào | chōu chéng

mainly because the platform charges a commission,

所以商家要提价来维持自己的利润。

suǒ yǐ | shāng jiā | yào | tí jià | lái | wéi chí | zì jǐ | de | lì rùn

so merchants have to raise prices to maintain their profits.

外卖员算是一个很灵活的工作，

wài mài yuán | suàn shì | yī gè | hěn | líng huó | de | gōng zuò

Being a food delivery rider is quite a flexible job.

很多人为了维持生计，去送外卖，

hěn duō | rén | wèi le | wéi chí | shēng jì | qù | sòng | wài mài

Many people deliver takeout to make a living,

也有些人不愿意做被束缚的工作，

yě | yǒu | xiē | rén | bù yuàn yì | zuò | bèi | shù fù | de | gōng zuò

some don’t want to do restrictive jobs,

还有些人是偶尔兼职送外卖，

hái yǒu | xiē | rén | shì | ǒu ěr | jiān zhí | sòng | wài mài

and others deliver takeout part-time occasionally

赚点小钱，或者体验生活。

zhuàn diǎn | xiǎo qián | huò zhě | tǐ yàn | shēng huó

to earn some extra money or experience life.

有一些特殊的外卖员，

yǒu | yī xiē | tè shū | de | wài mài yuán

There are some special delivery riders,

比如聋哑人、女性、

bǐ rú | lóng yǎ rén | nǚ xìng

such as deaf-mutes, women,

甚至孕妇和带着孩子的人。

shèn zhì | yùn fù | hé | dài zhe | hái zi | de | rén

and even pregnant women and those with children.

生活不易。

shēng huó | bù yì

Life is not easy.

除了吃饭的外卖，

chú le | chī fàn | de | wài mài

In addition to food delivery,

还有一些其它的即时配送，

hái yǒu | yī xiē | qí tā | de | jí shí | pèi sòng

there are also other instant delivery services,

比如买药、买日用品、买菜

bǐ rú | mǎi yào | mǎi | rì yòng pǐn | mǎi cài

such as buying medicine, daily necessities, and groceries.

还有山姆的即时配送，

hái yǒu | shān mǔ | de | jí shí | pèi sòng

There’s also Sam’s Club instant delivery,

还有一种叫闪送，

hái yǒu | yī zhǒng | jiào | shǎn sòng

and another type called flash delivery—

就是把一个东西从我家里，

jiù shì | bǎ | yī gè | dōng xī | cóng | wǒ | jiā lǐ

it means taking an item from my home

马上送到你家里。

mǎ shàng | sòng dào | nǐ | jiā lǐ

and delivering it to your home immediately.

这些都是我们经常会用到的服务，

zhè xiē | dōu shì | wǒ men | jīng cháng | huì | yòng dào | de | fú wù

These are all services we use frequently,

极大地方便了我们的生活。

jí dà | de | fāng biàn | le | wǒ men | de | shēng huó

which greatly facilitates our lives.

中国的外卖员已经有1500万，

zhōng guó | de | wài mài yuán | yǐ jīng | yǒu | 1500 wàn

The number of food delivery riders in China has reached 15 million,

这个数字很庞大，

zhè ge | shù zì | hěn | páng dà

This figure is huge

比有些国家的人口还多。

bǐ | yǒu xiē | guó jiā | de | rén kǒu | hái | duō

that is larger than the population of some countries.

2025 年外卖日均订单量8000多万单，

2025 nián | wài mài | rì jūn | dìng dān liàng | 8000 duō wàn | dān

In 2025, the average daily number of takeout orders exceeds 80 million,

真是人口基数太大了。

zhēn shì | rén kǒu | jī shù | tài | dà | le

truly a reflection of China’s enormous population base.