How to Say ‘Take away / to go’ in Simplified Chinese
带走
dài zǒu
[dye dzoh]
🇨🇳 In China: [带走] is a very common mainland China way to say "to go" or takeaway in food and drink shops. In some other Chinese-speaking places you may hear different expressions, but in China this is the normal one.
Phrase Breakdown
带走
dài zǒu
[dye dzoh]
take away; to go
带走 means to take something away with you. In a café, it means the order is to go.
这杯咖啡我要带走。
I want to take this coffee to go.
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