Chinese word

加菜

Pronunciation

Pinyinjiā cài

Meaning

  • verborder another dish

Example

我想再加菜一份。wǒ xiǎng zài jiā cài yí fèn

I would like to order one more dish.

Illustration for 加菜 (order another dish)

More examples

大家都还饿，可以再加菜两份吗？dà jiā dōu hái è ké yǐ zài jiā cài liǎng fèn ma

Everyone is still hungry, so can we order two more dishes?

Core concept

A meal gains an extra prepared dish, increasing what is served at the table.

Common phrases

  • 再加菜一份zài jiā cài yí fèn

    order one more dish

  • 再加菜两份zài jiā cài liǎng fèn

    order two more dishes

  • 请加菜一份qǐng jiā cài yí fèn

    Please order one more dish

Similar words

点菜diǎn cài: Choose dishes from a menu and order them for a meal.
再来一份zài lái yí fèn: Request one more portion of a dish and have it brought to the table.
再加一份zài jiā yí fèn: Request an extra portion of a particular dish.

Definition in Chinese

用于表示用餐时想再点一道菜或再多要一份菜品。yòng yú biǎo shì yòng cān shí xiǎng zài diǎn yí dào cài huò zài duō yào yí fèn cài pǐn

Word origin

加 (jiā, "add") + 菜 (cài, "dish") forms a compound in which 菜 means prepared food served with a meal, giving the sense of adding another dish.

Usage tips

  • At a restaurant, a quantity phrase such as 一份 (yí fèn, "one serving") makes the request precise when the added food is not a whole new dish.

Opposites

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