食飯 (sik6 faan6 | ) : to have a meal

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食飯

sik6 faan6

To have a meal, to eat.
Can be used by overly enthusiastic relatives to urge you to fill your belly.

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 91,100

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

食飯

This word has been viewed 6119 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food
飯 faan6 - cooked rice

3 compounds containing this word:

食飯檯 - a dining table
食粥食飯 - could be good or could be bad (lit., "whether we eat porridge or rice...")
睇餸食飯 - to be careful, to be cautious

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

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

你想食飯定食麵呀？粵
Do you want to eat rice or noodles?
[Lit. you want eat rice or eat noodle [particle]?]

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.

幾時先去食飯呀？粵
When do we go having meal?

搵日一齊食飯啦。粵
Let's have lunch together some day.
[The Cantonese word order 搵日 (some day) 一齊 (together) 食飯 (have lunch) 啦 (let's) is the exact opposite of the English version.]

你嗱嗱聲做埋啲嘢，然後去食飯啦！粵
You should hurry up and finish your work, so that you can have your meal!

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