他叫了一盘炒什锦。

He ordered a chop suey.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 叫 jiào
  1. to shout
  2. to call
  3. to order
  4. to ask
  5. to be called
  6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
=2 叫 jiào variant of 叫 jiào
=3 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
4 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
5 盘 pán
  1. tray; plate; dish
  2. (finance) (bound form) market prices
  3. (computing) (bound form) disk
  4. to coil (a rope, pigtail etc)
  5. to check; to examine; to investigate
  6. to transfer; to sell (property)
  7. to shift; to move (sth big and heavy)
  8. classifier for things resembling a plate or dish
  9. classifier for coils
  10. classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
6 炒 chǎo
  1. to sauté; to stir-fry
  2. to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp
  3. to hype up
  4. to sack; to fire (sb)
7 什锦 shíjǐn
  1. (food) assorted
  2. mixed
  3. assortment