📂 Food & Drink
Pack bag (打包) — Chinglish Slang
📌 Quick Overview | 词条速览
Slang Name：Pack bag
Chinese：打包
Type：Food & Drink / Chinglish Slang
🔎 Full Meaning | 完整释义
English：
A practical Chinglish food term: "pack bag" meaning takeaway or doggy bag. When you can't finish your meal, you ask the waiter to "pack bag" — pack the leftovers in a bag for you to take home. It's shorter, faster, and more direct than "can I get a doggy bag please."
中文：
一个实用的中式英语食物术语："打包"——就是把剩菜装袋带回家。当你吃不完时，你让服务员"pack bag"——把剩菜装袋让你带走。比"can I get a doggy bag please"更短、更快、更直接。
📜 Origin & Background | 词源与文化背景
"打包" (dǎ bāo, literally "hit bag / pack bag") is the standard Chinese term for takeaway or leftovers. In Chinese restaurants, it's common to pack leftovers to take home — wasting food is considered bad luck. The Chinglish version "pack bag" is widely understood in Chinese restaurants worldwide, and many non-Chinese staff have learned this simplified phrase.
中文："打包"是中国外卖或打包剩菜的标准说法。在中国餐厅，打包剩菜带回家很常见——浪费食物被认为不吉利。中式英语版"pack bag"在全球中餐馆被广泛理解，许多非中国员工也学会了这个简化短语。
📖 Example Sentences | 双语实用例句
📌 Example 1
After a big meal:
"I'm so full! Can't eat another bite."
"Waiter, pack bag please!"
大餐后：
"我好饱！一口都吃不下了。"
"服务员，打包！"
📌 Example 2
At a family dinner:
"So much food left!"
"Let's pack bag and take home."
家庭聚餐：
"剩了好多菜！"
"打包带回家吧。"
📌 Example 3
Ordering takeaway:
"Eat here or pack bag?"
"Pack bag, please. I'll eat at home."
点外卖：
"在这儿吃还是打包？"
"打包。我回家吃。"
📌 Example 4
Date night:
"The portions are huge here."
"We can pack bag what we don't finish."
约会晚餐：
"这里的份量好大。"
"吃不完我们可以打包。"
📌 Example 5
Caption on a fridge photo:
"Look at all the pack bag food in my fridge!"
"Free meals for the whole week!"
冰箱照片配文：
"看看我冰箱里打包的食物！"
"一周的免费饭菜！"
📌 Example 6
Travel tip:
"In China, always pack bag if you don't finish."
"Good advice! Waste not want not."
旅行小贴士：
"在中国，吃不完一定要打包。"
"好建议！不浪费。"
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