---
title: "中午一起吃饭吗？ | How to ask a colleague to lunch in Chinese | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "How to ask a colleague to lunch in Chinese: 中午一起吃饭吗, in an easy HSK 1 story about a shy first week at a new job."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-ask-a-colleague-to-lunch-in-chinese"
published: "2026-11-02"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

Original story · [HSK 1](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/hsk-1)

# 中午一起吃饭吗？

How to ask a colleague to lunch in Chinese

我来公司一个星期了，还没有朋友。

中午，大家都一起去吃饭。我一个人吃面条。

今天，我想问章安：“中午一起吃饭吗？”

九点，她在打电话。十点，她在看电脑。十一点，她在写东西。我还是没问。

十一点五十，我对自己说了十次：“中午一起吃饭吗？”

十二点，章安来了：“中午一起吃饭吗？”

是她问的！我太高兴了：“好，好，好！”

她说：“我想问你一个星期了。”

**129 characters** in this story

HSK 1**好的，好的**

[Next reading 好的，好的](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-ok-in-chinese)

## Words in this story

- [一起yīqǐtogether](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7)
- [自己zìjǐoneself (myself, yourself etc.)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1)
- [次cìclassifier for times and occurrences](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%AC%A1)
- [我wǒI](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%88%91)
- [来láito come](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9D%A5)
- [公司gōngsīcompany](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8)
- [一yīone](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%80)
- [个gèclassifier for people and most things](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%AA)
- [星期xīngqīweek](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%98%9F%E6%9C%9F)
- [了le(particle) marks a change or a new situation](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BA%86)
- [还háistill](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%98)
- [没有méiyǒunot have](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89)
- [朋友péngyoufriend](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B)
- [中午zhōngwǔnoon](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%88)
- [大家dàjiāeveryone](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6)
- [都dōuall](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%83%BD)