点菜 meaning in English

diǎncài

to order dishes (in a restaurant)

Traditional 點菜20 strokes

Meaning of 点菜

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

diǎncài
  1. to order dishes (in a restaurant)

点菜 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ要yào点diǎn菜cài吗ma?
Would you like to order?
请qǐng吃chī点diǎn菜cài。
Please eat something.
服fú务wù生shēng,我wǒ要yào点diǎn菜cài。
Waiter, I'd like to order.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

点 diǎn · to touch briefly · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

菜 cài · vegetable · 11 strokes

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  9. 9
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  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 点菜.

地点dìdiǎnplace; site
一点儿yīdiǎnrerhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3]
一点点yī diǎndiǎna little bit
重点zhòngdiǎnto recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
观点guāndiǎnpoint of view; viewpoint
有点儿yǒudiǎnrslightly; a little
菜单càidānmenu
快点儿kuài diǎnrerhua variant of 快點|快点[kuai4 dian3]
点头diǎntóuto nod
特点tèdiǎncharacteristic; trait; feature
有一点儿yǒuyīdiǎnra bit; a little
缺点quēdiǎnweak point; fault

Questions about 点菜

What does 点菜 mean?

点菜 (diǎncài) means "to order dishes (in a restaurant)".

How do you write 点菜?

点菜 is made of 2 characters: 点 (9 strokes), 菜 (11 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 点菜 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 点菜 is written 點菜.