Search from various English teachers...
Russia flagMargarita
What does "jia shou" mean? Refund? I was in a Chinese restaurant and my steak was medium rare instead of well-done. Of course, it is a big mistake and the waitress said 不好意思, but then she said something about "jia shou", I couldn't figure out what it means. I assumed it could mean refund? Please, help me to find out :)

Answers · 8

1
加熟. make it well-done.
1
That means they want to recook the steak until it well-down.
0
Thanks, my friend, you are very helpful :)
0
You are welcome. I think that's a very good question. ^ ^ the endings .with "分熟" is correct. '成熟" is never used to express how the food is cooked in such case. I am not surprised with the variants you found. The number before 分 is mostly given by personal standard, regarding "十分熟” as well-done and 一分熟 as raw. 熟 here is pronounced as "shóu". And actually in most spoken Mandarin, it is pronounced this way. Only in written form or very formal occassion, it may be pronounced as "shú".
0
Wow, thank you, you actually reminded me about one thing I encountered yesterday while checking the ways of saying these "medium, medium-well". Some resources give the endings ...分熟,and some 。。。成熟. Which one is more correct? Or are both okay? Then there was a mess in variants, I couldn't figure out which one was "rare" and which one "medium rare", etc. Just googling wasn't of much help, but you really placed them all in order, thank you very much!!! :) One more little question: this 熟 is pronounced as "shu" or "shou"?

Still haven’t found your answers?

Write down your questions and let the native speakers help you!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!

Start Learning Today