Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
餐
cān
Description
"餐"常常用来说吃饭,比如一天有三餐:早餐、午餐和晚餐。
"餐" is often used to refer to meals, such as three meals a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
这个字也可以数一顿饭,比如"一餐"。
This character can also count a meal, for example, "一餐" (one meal).
Meanings
餐cān
meal; food
我每天吃三餐。
I eat three meals every day.
餐cān
measure word for meals
这一餐很好吃。
This meal is delicious.
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Notes
- Nuance
餐 is more formal/written than 饭; 吃饭 is the everyday spoken phrase.
- Etymology
appears in compounds like 餐厅 (restaurant) and 快餐 (fast food).
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