宴 (jin3 | yan4) : entertain; feast

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宴

jin3

yan4

[1] entertain with wine and food
[2] feast; banquet; dinner party
[3] of ease and comfort; leisurely

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

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

宴

This word has been viewed 6447 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Dec 2009 13:34

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宴會 jin3 wui6 yan4 hui4 = banquet; feast; dinner party

宴請 jin3 cing2 yan4 qing3 = to invite sb. to dinner

宴席 jin3 zik6 yan4 xi2 = banquet; dinner

晚宴 maan5 jin3 wan3 yan4 = banquet, dinner party

野宴 je5 jin3 ye3 yan4 = outdoor party; barbecue

便宴 bin6 jin3 bian4 yan4 = informal dinner

國宴 gwok3 jin3 = state banquets

蛇宴 se4 jin3 = [n] location where police posing as customers are found (lit., "snake banquet")

煞科宴 saat3 fo1 jin3 sha4 ke1 yan4 = Celebration banquet (for the completion of a movie etc.) 粵

慶功宴 hing3 gung1 jin3 qing4 gong1 yan4 = victory banquet
See all 18 compounds (CantoDict reports 17 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing 1 example containing 宴

喺聖誕節，我哋會大宴親友粵
At Christmas we will have a big party.

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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.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 宴
Unicode code for this character: U+5bb4 (off-site link)

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