在美国,当你进入餐厅时,你可选择坐在吸烟区或是禁烟区。

In the U.S., you have the option, when you enter a restaurant, to sit in the smoking or non-smoking section.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
2 美国 Měiguó United States; USA; US
=3 dāng
  1. (onom.) dong
  2. ding dong (bell)
=3 dāng
  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at
=3 dàng
  1. at or in the very same...
  2. suitable
  3. adequate
  4. fitting
  5. proper
  6. to replace
  7. to regard as
  8. to think
  9. to pawn
  10. (coll.) to fail (a student)
=4 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=4 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
5 进入 jìn
  1. to enter
  2. to join
  3. to go into
6 餐厅 cāntīng
  1. dining hall
  2. dining room
  3. restaurant

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=7 shí old variant of shí
=7 Shí surname Shi
=7 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period
=8 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=8 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
9 可选 xuǎn
  1. available
  2. optional
10
  1. to select
  2. to choose
  3. to pick over
  4. to pick out
  5. to differentiate
  6. to eliminate
  7. also pr. zhái
=11 Zuò surname Zuo
=11 zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of zuò
12 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
13 吸烟区 yān smoking area
14 或是 huòshì
  1. or
  2. either one or the other
15 禁烟 jìnyān
  1. to ban smoking
  2. to quit smoking
  3. to prohibit cooking
  4. prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729)
=16 Ōu surname Ou
=16
  1. area
  2. region
  3. district
  4. small
  5. distinguish

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