<p>You could say any of the following:<br>
麻煩打包，謝謝。<br>
我要打包，麻煩（你）幫我拿盒子，謝謝。</p>

<p>Usually I get asked whether I will be packing the leftovers.<br>
Me: (indicate I’m ready for the bill)<br>
Waiter: 好的，要打包嗎？<br>
Me: 要，謝謝。</p>

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judester
<p>After learning about being polite by using 用一下, 用一用, and 用用 (etc.) instead of just 用 (see <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/29421/is-%E7%94%A8%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8B-preferable-to-%E7%94%A8%E7%94%A8-or-%E7%94%A8%E4%B8%80%E7%94%A8">my previous question</a>), I'm a bit more careful when asking for things.</p>

<p>The other day I was at the cafeteria and I wanted to <a href="http://dict.cn/%E6%89%93%E5%8C%85" rel="nofollow noreferrer">打包</a> (dǎbāo) = take away, so I said:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>我想打包<br>
  <sub>Wǒ xiǎng dǎbāo</sub></p>
</blockquote>

<p>But it doesn't following one of the polite forms above, so I'm worried it was a bit blunt.  Nevertheless, 打包一打包 and 打打包包 seem overly long (and I'm not sure they're correct) and 打包一下 seems strange to me since I will be permanently taking away the food.</p>

<p><strong>Question</strong>: What is a polite way to ask to take away my meal?</p>

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我想打包 is absolutely OK. If you really worry about that, simply add "谢谢".
Jason Swift
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Or just say 打包 or 帮我打包.
dan
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If you want to use the VV form, you should say 打打包, 打一打包 or 打一下包. 打包 is not only a verb, it's a "VO-verb".
Enrico Brasil
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@EnricoBrasil well, 打打包，打一打包 sounds like a light joke. 打一下包 sounds ok. I wouldn't suggest 打打包 and 打一打包 in the restaurant setting.
dan
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2018-04-27T12:58:04.060Z
Well, if it sounds like a joke, than VV, V一V and V一下 are not completely the same, and we should go correct all the Chinese grammars out there... ;)
Enrico Brasil
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What is a polite way to ask to 打包 (dǎbāo) "take away" my meal? Is 我想打包 acceptable?
# What is a polite way to ask to 打包 (dǎbāo) "take away" my meal? Is 我想打包 acceptable?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-25)

After learning about being polite by using 用一下, 用一用, and 用用 (etc.) instead of just 用 (see [my previous question](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/29421/is-%E7%94%A8%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8B-preferable-to-%E7%94%A8%E7%94%A8-or-%E7%94%A8%E4%B8%80%E7%94%A8)), I'm a bit more careful when asking for things.

The other day I was at the cafeteria and I wanted to [打包](http://dict.cn/%E6%89%93%E5%8C%85) (dǎbāo) = take away, so I said:

> 我想打包  
> Wǒ xiǎng dǎbāo

But it doesn't following one of the polite forms above, so I'm worried it was a bit blunt. Nevertheless, 打包一打包 and 打打包包 seem overly long (and I'm not sure they're correct) and 打包一下 seems strange to me since I will be permanently taking away the food.

**Question**: What is a polite way to ask to take away my meal?

**Tags:** word-choice, food, politeness

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 我想打包 is absolutely OK. If you really worry about that, simply add "谢谢".  
> **username_2**: Or just say 打包 or 帮我打包.  
> **username_3**: If you want to use the VV form, you should say 打打包, 打一打包 or 打一下包. 打包 is not only a verb, it's a "VO-verb".  
> **username_2**: @username_3 well, 打打包，打一打包 sounds like a light joke. 打一下包 sounds ok. I wouldn't suggest 打打包 and 打一打包 in the restaurant setting.  
> **username_3**: Well, if it sounds like a joke, than VV, V一V and V一下 are not completely the same, and we should go correct all the Chinese grammars out there... ;)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2018-04-26. Score: 4

You could say any of the following:  
麻煩打包，謝謝。  
我要打包，麻煩（你）幫我拿盒子，謝謝。

Usually I get asked whether I will be packing the leftovers.  
Me: (indicate I’m ready for the bill)  
Waiter: 好的，要打包嗎？  
Me: 要，謝謝。


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