Chew with your mouth closed.

When a dish is served, the food is sent to one person's plate and then passed on to the next person.

Don't talk too loudly.

Never leave home hungry. Eat at least half when you leave your destination, in case your host is late for dinner or the food is not satisfactory.

If possible, don't cough or sneeze at the table.

Never lean your chair back when eating or at any other time.

Tea or coffee should not be poured into a saucer to cool, but should be sipped from a cup. Alternatively, it can be cooled with ice.

Don't make inappropriate noises when eating.

Don't play with food or tableware.

Don't put your elbows on the table or slouch.

Forks are used to deliver any solid food to the mouth.

Don't make any noise when drinking soup, use the side of the spoon.

Don't eat food with your fingers unless it is finger food, such as bread, French fries, chicken wings, pizza, etc.

Don't start eating until at least two people serve. Or, wait until the host/hostess lifts his/her fork (or spoon).

The fork can be used with either the left hand or the right hand.

When serving, serve from the left and pick up the food from the right. Drinks are served and taken from the right side.

Before leaving the table, be sure to ask the host or hostess for forgiveness.

Prayer may be a custom in some families, even if guests are not religious or do not believe in the same religion, they should attend. Most prayers are held before meals. Hartists pray before and after meals.

When using napkins, don't knead them into a ball or let stains show.

Put the napkin on your knee.

Never pack a bag when having a formal meal.

At a formal banquet, you don't need to finish your plate.

At an informal dinner party, ask for a box when it is full.

Don't call while eating. If the situation is urgent, please ask the host or hostess to leave and go outside. Apologize when returning.

In most places, it is acceptable not to finish the food on your plate.

Chinese table manners

These are mostly related to the use of chopsticks. Otherwise, generally speaking, China people's table manners are less formal, which is considered rude in other cultures, such as talking with your mouth full, which may be acceptable.

Chopsticks must always be held in the right way. It should be held between the thumb and finger of the right hand,

Traditionally, chopsticks can only be held with the right hand, even if they are left-handed. Although chopsticks can be used in any hand now, some people still think it is inappropriate for left-handed people to use chopsticks. One explanation for treating this usage as inappropriate is that it may mean an argument, because chopsticks may collide between left-handed and right-handed people.

When public chopsticks hold a shared plate, it is considered impolite to pick up the food in the shared plate with your own chopsticks or eat with public chopsticks. An exception to this rule is that in intimate family dinners, family members may not mind holding food with their own chopsticks.

The blunt ends of chopsticks are sometimes used to transfer food from ordinary plates to your own plates or bowls (not your mouth).

Never wave your chopsticks as if they are an extension of your gestures, don't beat them like drumsticks, and don't use them to move bowls or plates.

Decide what to take before reaching out with chopsticks. Don't wander or look for special ingredients. After you pick up an item, don't put it back on the plate.

When picking up a piece of food, don't poke the food with the tip of chopsticks like a fork. Exceptions include tearing larger items, such as vegetarian tables. In informal use, small and difficult-to-pick items, such as cherry tomatoes or fish balls, may be stabbed, but this use is not approved by traditionalists.

Chopsticks can be placed horizontally in a plate or bowl, not on the table at all. Chopsticks holders can also be used to prevent chopsticks from falling on the table.

Never put chopsticks in a bowl and let them face up. Any rod-shaped object facing upward is similar to the incense sticks used by some Asians to pay homage to their deceased family members. This is considered the biggest faux pas at the dinner table.

China people are used to eating rice with a small bowl in their left hand. Hold the rice bowl to your mouth and put the rice into your mouth with chopsticks. Some people in China think it is impolite to scoop rice from a bowl with a spoon. If rice is served on a plate, which is more common in the west, eating it with a fork or spoon is acceptable and more practical. The thumb must always be above the edge of the bowl.

If you notice that people close to you (such as parents, grandparents, children or other important people) have difficulty in picking up food, you can transfer the food to them. In addition, giving food to the elderly before eating is also a sign of respect (this is part of the Confucian tradition of respecting the elderly).

Traditionally, the youngest member at the table speaks to every elderly member at the table before the meal begins and tells them to "eat rice", which means "start eating" to show respect, which is polite.

The host should always make sure that the guests' drinks are full enough.

When people want to clink glasses together in the form of a toast, it is important to note that young members should clink glasses under the edge of their elders to show their respect.