飯 (faan6 | fan4) : cooked rice

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飯

faan6

fan4

[1] [n] cooked rice; cooked grain for food [2] [n] meal [3] [v] feed [4] [n] profession; means for living

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: (#184)

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

飯 / 饭

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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白飯 baak6 faan6 bai2 fan4 = plain cooked rice

食飯 sik6 faan6 = to have a meal 粵

炒飯 caau2 faan6 chao3 fan4 = fried rice

飯店 faan6 dim3 fan4 dian4 = restaurant; hotel

晚飯 maan5 faan6 wan3 fan4 = dinner

煮飯 zyu2 faan6 zhu3 fan4 = to cook rice; to cook

晏晝飯 aan3 zau3 faan6 = lunch 粵

午飯 ng5 faan6 wu3 fan4 = lunch

吃飯 hek3 faan6 chi1 fan4 = to eat a meal 國

便飯 bin6 faan6 bian4 fan4 = a simple meal; potluck
See all 117 compounds (CantoDict reports 121 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你想食麵定係食飯呀？粵
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

你想吃麵還是吃飯？國
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

上星期日我同啲朋友一齊食晚飯。粵
Last Sunday, I had dinner with my friends together.

食飯前要先洗手。粵
One should wash one's hands before having a meal.

飯熟晒咁滯粵
The rice is almost done.

你食咗飯未呀？粵
Have you eaten yet?
[This is also commonly used as a greeting akin to "how are you"?]

中國人係揸筷子食飯嘅。粵
Chinese people are [people who] use chopsticks to have their meals.
["揸" here is actually "to hold"]

食飯係享受。粵
Having a meal is a joy.

阿媽今晚唔煮飯，要食自己。粵
Mum is not going to cook tongiht, so we/I have to have dinner on our/my own.
[Usually mother cooks at home every night. If she does not cook, it implies that she is out at night, so the entire family has to think about the dinner stuff.]

幾時先去食飯呀？粵
When do we go having meal?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 飯
Unicode code for this character: U+98EF (off-site link)

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