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点餐
diǎncān
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- pinyin
- diǎncān
- simplified
- 点餐
- traditional
- 點餐
1 · verb
To ask a restaurant to prepare particular food or drinks.
向餐馆说明想要的食物或饮料。
This is the restaurant verb, not a command or a sequence.
We would like to order now.
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我们现在想点餐。
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2 · verb
To tell a restaurant what food or drinks one would like.
向餐馆说明自己想要的食物或饮料。
This slice concerns the customer ordering, not the source’s separate waiter-taking-an-order use.
We haven’t ordered yet and would like to look at today’s menu first.
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我们还没点餐，想先看看今天的菜单。
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When ordering, she asked whether the soup contained mushrooms.
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她点餐时问了汤里有没有蘑菇。
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Mandarin reading: diǎncān.
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order — To ask a restaurant to prepare particular food or drinks.