拼餐 (pīncān): to order and share a meal toget…

Meanings

1 to order and share a meal together to save money; to split a meal

Characters

拼

pīn

to piece together, pool

餐

cān

meal

Examples

我们几个拼餐，每人才花三十块。

Wǒmen jǐ gè pīncān, měi rén cái huā sānshí kuài.

A few of us split a meal — it only cost thirty kuai each.

外卖可以拼餐凑满减。

Wàimài kěyǐ pīncān còu mǎnjiǎn.

With delivery you can pool orders to hit the discount threshold.

Tips

usage

Part of a family of 拼 (pīn) 'pool together' words: 拼车 (carpool), 拼单 (pool orders for discounts), 拼饭 (share meal). Driven by students and young workers stretching tight budgets.

Stroke Order

拼 pīn

餐 cān

Related Words

东拼西凑 dōngpīnxīcòu #49,103

to piece together from various sources / to cobble together / to scrape together (money, materials)

拼 pīn HSK 5 #2,025

to piece together; to join; to spell / to pool resources; to share (costs) / to go all out; to risk everything

配餐 pèicān #35,144

catering / set meal / meal provided / prepared (e.g. flight meal, school lunch)

便餐 biàncān #37,573

light meal / simple meal / informal meal

聚餐 jùcān #12,537

communal meal / group dinner / to have a meal together

出餐 chūcān

(of a restaurant) to finish preparing an order; to dish out food / to serve the meal (ready for pickup or delivery)

催餐 cuīcān

to hurry up a food order / to chase up a meal delivery

减肥餐 jiǎnféicān

diet meal / weight-loss meal

健身餐 jiànshēncān

fitness meal / clean-eating meal (high-protein, low-fat)

拼车 pīnchē

to carpool / to ride-share / carpool ride