餐 (caan1 | can1) : meal; dine

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餐

caan1

can1

[1] meal; food; dinner
[2] dine; eat; have a meal
[3] [noun measure] number (for meals)
[4] [粵] [verbal measure] time (for eating, scolding, beating, etc) | [國] 頓

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: (#184)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

餐

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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晚餐 maan5 caan1 wan3 can1 = dinner, supper, evening meal

大餐 daai6 caan1 = banquet, feast, a special meal or dish

早餐 zou2 caan1 zao3 can1 = breakfast

午餐 ng5 caan1 wu3 can1 = lunch

餐廳 caan1 teng1 can1 ting1 = café; restaurant; dining room

餐館 caan1 gun2 can1 guan3 = restaurant

是日餐湯 si6 jat6 caan1 tong1 shi4 ri4 can1 tang1 = soup of the day

午餐肉 ng5 caan1 juk6 = luncheon meat

中餐 zung1 caan1 zhong1 can1 = Chinese food; Chinese meal

西餐 sai1 caan1 xi1 can1 = Western-style food
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Showing all 10 examples containing 餐

嗰間餐廳啲嘢好好食㗎！粵
The food at that restaurant is excellent!

我今日未食早餐粵
I haven't eaten breakfast yet today

我今日唔會食早餐粵
Today I'm not going to eat breakfast

唔該，我想愛個一號餐，拎走。粵
Excuse me, I would like to have a Meal 1. Take-away.
[scenario: in McDonald's]

我父母早餐常吃烤麵包。國
My parents eat toast for breakfast.

不如去雞記食早餐囉! 粵
Let's go to KFC have a breakfast.

一日煮足三餐都幾嘥時間。粵
It is very time-consuming if the three meals of a day are all made by me.

間餐廳嘅例湯賣來賣去都係嗰三幅被，重來冇新鮮啲嘅畀你試。粵
This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try.

老細請呢餐我哋都食到依牙鬆槓粵
The treat from my boss was wonderful and the food was great!

年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。粵
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.

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Decimal representation of this word: 餐
Unicode code for this character: U+9910 (off-site link)

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