Takeout in Chinese
takeout · HSK 3
外卖
- 外 outside
- 卖 to sell
Counted with 份: 一份外卖
今天晚上我们点外卖吧。 Let's order takeout tonight.
More words with 外 or 卖
How do you say takeout in Chinese?
Takeout in Chinese is 外卖 (wài mài).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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