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How to Say ‘Set aside a pork and bamboo shoot soup’ in Simplified Chinese

留一份腌笃鲜

liú yī fèn yān dǔ xiān

[liú yi fèn yān dū xiān]

💬 Usage Tip: 份 (fèn) is the counting word for portions of food. Use number + 份 + dish, as in 两份米饭 "two portions of rice".

Phrase Breakdown

留一份

liú yī fèn

save one portion

留 means to keep or reserve. 一份 means one portion. 一 becomes second tone before fourth-tone 份: liú yí fèn.

Example

请给我留一份。

Please save one portion for me.

Words in this phrase

留

liú

[liú]

to keep; to save

To set something aside for someone.

Example

给我留一个座位。

Save a seat for me.

一

yī

[yi]

one

The first and smallest number in decimal numerals.

Example

她只说了一句话。

She only said one sentence.

份

fèn

[fèn]

portion; serving

Measure word for portions of food or copies.

Example

来一份炒饭。

One portion of fried rice, please.

腌笃鲜

yān dǔ xiān

Yanduxian soup

This is the seasonal bamboo shoot and pork soup. Say it as yān du xiān.

Example

这家的腌笃鲜很有名。

This restaurant's Yanduxian is famous.

Words in this phrase

腌

yān

[yān]

salted; cured

Preserved with salt; here part of a Shanghai soup name.

Example

妈妈腌了咸菜。

Mom pickled vegetables.

笃

dǔ

[dū]

to simmer slowly

In Shanghai dialect, slow bubbling simmering; part of the dish name.

Example

汤在锅里笃着。

The soup is simmering in the pot.

鲜

xiān

[xiān]

fresh; delicious

Fresh, savory taste; here fresh pork and bamboo shoots.

Example

这鱼很鲜。

This fish is very fresh.

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