How to Say ‘Signature dish’ in Simplified Chinese
招牌菜
zhāo pái cài
[zhāopáicài]
💬 Usage Tip: 招牌 (zhāo pái) literally means "shop sign", so 招牌菜 is the dish a restaurant would put on its sign. You'll often see it marked on menus.
Phrase Breakdown
招牌菜
zhāo pái cài
[zhāopáicài]
signature dish
A restaurant's specialty dish that it is best known for.
这道菜是我们店的招牌菜。
This dish is our restaurant's signature dish.
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