<p>The answer at <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/posts/9675/revisions">https://chinese.stackexchange.com/posts/9675/revisions</a> offers "这道菜" to say "this kind of food".  This looks like a very useful phrase, which I had not seen before (and if I've heard it, it did not stick with me, but that could easily happen).  How widely can you use  这道 for "this kind"?  What kinds of things would it apply to?  Is it informal, slangy, quite formal?   </p>

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2014-09-22T16:03:02.940Z
If you want to say "This kind of dish" rather than "this dish", you can say 这种菜
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When to use 这道 for "this kind"
# When to use 这道 for "this kind"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-22)

The answer at <https://chinese.stackexchange.com/posts/9675/revisions> offers "这道菜" to say "this kind of food". This looks like a very useful phrase, which I had not seen before (and if I've heard it, it did not stick with me, but that could easily happen). How widely can you use 这道 for "this kind"? What kinds of things would it apply to? Is it informal, slangy, quite formal?

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> **username_1**: If you want to say "This kind of dish" rather than "this dish", you can say 这种菜  

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