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餐

cān

HSK 4 Character

What 餐 means

1. meal
2. to eat
3. classifier for meals

Example sentences

• 午餐好了。
  Lunch is ready.
• 晚餐是几点？
  What time is dinner?
• 午餐送到了。
  Lunch is on.
• 他在吃午餐。
  He is having lunch.
• 我在吃午餐。
  I'm eating lunch.
• 我准备晚餐。
  I'm making dinner.

Words starting with 餐

• 餐厅cān tīngdining hall; dining room; restaurant
• 餐馆cān guǎnrestaurant
• 餐桌cān zhuōdining table; dinner table
• 餐饮cān yǐnfood and beverage; catering; repast
• 餐具cān jùtableware; dinner service
• 餐巾cān jīnnapkin
• 餐饮业cān yǐn yèfood service industry; catering industry
• 餐车cān chēdining car; diner
• 餐室cān shìdining room
• 餐会cān huìdinner party; luncheon
• 餐点cān diǎnfood; dish; meal
• 餐前酒cān qián jiǔaperitif
• 餐后酒cān hòu jiǔdigestif
• 餐食cān shímeal; food (esp. as provided by a service, e.g. airline, restaurant or institution)
• 餐酒馆cān jiǔ guǎn(Taiwan) bistro
• 餐牌cān páimenu
• 餐桌转盘cān zhuō zhuàn pánrevolving tray on a dining table; lazy Susan
• 餐饮店cān yǐn diàndining room; restaurant
• 餐刀cān dāotable knife; dinner knife
• 餐巾纸cān jīn zhǐpaper napkin; serviette
• 餐桌盐cān zhuō yántable salt
• 餐宴cān yànbanquet

Words containing 餐

• 早餐zǎo cānbreakfast
• 晚餐wǎn cānevening meal; dinner
• 午餐wǔ cānlunch; luncheon
• 用餐yòng cānto eat a meal
• 西餐xī cānWestern-style food
• 套餐tào cānset meal; (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
• 快餐kuài cānfast food; snack; quick meal
• 就餐jiù cānto dine; to have one's meal
• 大餐dà cānsumptuous meal; banquet
• 中餐zhōng cānlunch; Chinese meal; Chinese food
• 聚餐jù cānto get together for a meal; to dine together
• 自助餐zì zhù cānbuffet; self-service meal
• 快餐店kuài cān diànfast food shop
• 中餐馆Zhōng cān guǎnChinese restaurant
• 进餐jìn cānto have a meal
• 野餐yě cānpicnic; to have a picnic
• 一日三餐yī rì sān cānto have three meals a day
• 正餐zhèng cān(regular) meal; full meal; main course
• 饱餐bǎo cānto eat one's fill
• 美餐měi cāntasty meal; to eat a satisfying meal
• 工作餐gōng zuò cānworking meal
• 代餐dài cānmeal replacement
• 出餐chū cān(of a restaurant etc) to serve the meal; to dish out the food
• 分餐fēn cānto eat individual meals…

Characters that look like 餐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 簧huángreed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 瘠jíbarren; lean
• 麋mímoose; river bank
• 寮liáohut; shack; small window
• 螯áochela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)
• 窿lóngcavity; hole

Sounds the same

Read cān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 参to take part in; to participate; to join
• 歺second-round simplified character for 餐
• 骖outside horses of a team of 4
• 喰old variant of 餐
• 湌variant of 餐
• 飡variant of 餐