上菜
shàng cài
Pinyin

Definition

上菜
 - 
shàng cài
  1. to serve food

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 in the evening
上下
shàng xià
  1. 1 up and down
  2. 2 top and bottom
  3. 3 old and new
  4. 4 length
  5. 5 about

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud

Sample Sentences

来来来，上菜上菜咯，最后一个菜，都上齐啦！大家赶紧的，开动吧，尝尝我的手艺。
lái lái lái ，shàng cài shàng cài lo ，zuìhòu yī gè cài ，dōu shàng qí la ！dàjiā gǎnjǐn de ，kāidòng ba ，chángchang wǒ de shǒuyì 。
Come, come, here's the food, here's the last dish. That's everything now! Everyone hurry up and tuck in. Taste my cooking.
Go to Lesson 
开玩笑！我跟我朋友现在饿得不得了，要把钱拿去给有能力上菜的老板赚，走！
kāi wánxiào ！wǒ gēn wǒ péngyou xiànzài è de bùdéliǎo ，yào bǎ qián náqù gěi yǒu nénglì shàng cài de lǎobǎn zhuàn ，zǒu ！
You must be joking! Me and my friends are starving! We're going to take our money and give it to a restaurant owner capable of putting dishes on the table. Let's go!
Go to Lesson 
上菜慢，我向各位道歉，行吗？各位吃了饭，该付的钱还是要付。
shàng cài màn ，wǒ xiàng gèwèi dàoqiàn ，xíng ma ？gèwèi chī le fàn ，gāi fù de qián háishì yào fù 。
I'm sorry to everyone that the service was slow, OK? Everyone ate, so you should pay the money you owe.
Go to Lesson 
上菜挺快的。来，快吃吧！这家的小龙虾特别好吃！
shàngcài tǐng kuài de 。lái ，kuài chī ba ！zhè jiā de xiǎolóngxiā tèbié hǎochī ！
They brought the food so fast. Come on, let's eat! This restaurant's crawfish are especially good!
Go to Lesson 
服务员，上菜快点儿啊！
fúwùyuán ，shàng cài kuài diǎnr a ！
Waiter, be quick serving the food!
Go to Lesson 
我也是，饿死了。赶快点，这里上菜慢。
wǒ yě shì ，è sǐ le 。gǎnkuài diǎn ，zhèlǐ shàng cài màn 。
Me too, I'm starving. Hurry up and order, the food takes a long time to come here.
Go to Lesson