A helping is the amount of food someone gives you, or that you take for yourself — a helping of rice, a small helping of soup. “Would you like a second helping?” means another serving, not “shall I help you again?” Home talk and restaurant talk; not fancy.

someone gives you別人給你的 or或 that you take for yourself你自己拿的 the amount of food食物量 A helping is就是一份 — a helping of rice, a small helping of soup.像是一份飯、一小份湯。 “Would you like a second helping?”「要不要再來一份？」 means意思是 another serving,還要再一份， not不是 “shall I help you again?”「要不要我再幫你一次？」 Home talk and restaurant talk;這是家常話和餐廳用語， not fancy.不是正式的說法。

Though actually the same spelling is also the everyday -ing form of the verb help (“She is helping him”), but this dictionary sense is only the food amount.

Though actually不過，其實 the same spelling同樣的拼法 is also也是 the everyday -ing form of the verb help動詞help的日常-ing形式 (“She is helping him”)（「She is helping him」，她正在幫他）, but但 this dictionary sense這本字典裡的這個意思 is only只指 the food amount食物的量。

If there is no plate in the picture, people will not hear this meaning.

If如果 there is no plate沒有盤子 in the picture在圖片裡 people will not hear大家就不會想到 this meaning這個意思。