Hanzi
Traditional
飯
Simplified
饭

cooked rice/CL:碗[wan3]/meal/CL:頓|顿[dun4]/(loanword) fan/devotee

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 1

Pinyin

fàn

Bopomofo

ㄈㄢˋ

Jyutping

faan6

Example sentences

吃飯 / 吃饭 chīfàn
我們一起去吃飯吧。
我们一起去吃饭吧。

Let's go eat together.

呼喚 / 呼唤 hūhuàn
母親在呼喚孩子回家吃飯。
母亲在呼唤孩子回家吃饭。

The mother is calling her child to come home for dinner.

年夜飯 / 年夜饭 niányèfàn
一家人圍著圓桌吃年夜飯。
一家人围著圆桌吃年夜饭。

The family sat around a round table eating New Year's Eve dinner.

八仙桌 bāxiānzhuō
一家人圍坐在寬敞的八仙桌旁吃年夜飯。
一家人围坐在宽敞的八仙桌旁吃年夜饭。

The whole family sat around the spacious eight-immortals table for the New Year's Eve dinner.

晚飯 / 晚饭 wǎnfàn
我們一家人聚在一起吃晚飯。
我们一家人聚在一起吃晚饭。

Our whole family gathered together to eat dinner.

之後 / 之后 zhīhòu
晚飯之後，我們去散步了。
晚饭之后，我们去散步了。

After dinner, we went for a walk.

飯 / 饭 fàn
你吃飯了嗎？
你吃饭了吗？

Have you eaten?

連 / 连 lián
他忙得連吃飯的時間都沒有。
他忙得连吃饭的时间都没有。

He is so busy that he doesn't even have time to eat.

做飯 / 做饭 zuòfàn
她正在廚房裡做飯。
她正在厨房里做饭。

She is cooking in the kitchen.

點火 / 点火 diǎnhuǒ
她在廚房裡點火做飯。
她在厨房里点火做饭。

She lit a fire in the kitchen to cook.

Example Vocabulary

吃飯

chi1'fan4

to eat a meal

年夜飯

nian2'ye4'fan4

New Year's Eve dinner

晚飯

wan3'fan4

dinner; supper

飯

fan4

rice; meal

中飯

zhong1'fan4

做飯

zuo4'fan4

to cook; to prepare a meal

午飯

wu3'fan4

lunch

早飯

zao3'fan4

breakfast

炒飯

chao3'fan4

乾飯

gan1'fan4

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