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饭

fàn

HSK 1 Character Traditional 飯 Measure word 碗、顿

What 饭 means

1. cooked rice
2. meal
3. loanwordfan
4. devotee

Example sentences

• 饭好了
  Food's ready!
• 吃饭。
  Eat.
• 我会做饭
  I can cook.
• 饭前洗手
  Wash your hands before each meal.
• 吃米饭。
  Eat rice.
• 他们在吃饭
  They are eating.

Words starting with 饭

• 饭馆fàn guǎnrestaurant
• 饭店fàn diànrestaurant; hotel
• 饭菜fàn càifood
• 饭桌fàn zhuōdining table
• 饭碗fàn wǎnrice bowl; fig. livelihood; job
• 饭盒fàn hélunchbox; mess tin
• 饭庄fàn zhuāngbig restaurant
• 饭厅fàn tīngdining room; dining hall; mess hall
• 饭局fàn júdinner party; banquet
• 饭票fàn piào(lit. and fig.) meal ticket
• 饭堂fàn tángdining hall; canteen; cafeteria
• 饭量fàn liàngamount of food one eats; portion size
• 饭食fàn shífood
• 饭桶fàn tǒngrice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead…
• 饭卡fàn kǎmeal card
• 饭托fàn tuōperson hired to lure customers to a restaurant
• 饭撒fàn sā(colloquial) gesture by an idol aimed at delighting fans…
• 饭替fàn tìbody double (in eating scenes)
• 饭团fàn tuánrice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings)…
• 饭类fàn lèirice dishes (on menu)
• 饭点fàn diǎnmealtime (lunchtime, dinnertime etc)
• 饭馆儿fàn guǎn rerhua form of 饭馆
• 饭后服用fàn hòu fú yòngpost cibum (pharm.); to take (medicine) after a meal
• 饭气攻心fàn qì gōng xīnfood coma; postprandial somnolence

Words containing 饭

• 米饭mǐ fàn(cooked) rice
• 吃饭chī fànto have a meal; to eat; to make a living
• 晚饭wǎn fànevening meal; dinner; supper
• 午饭wǔ fànlunch
• 做饭zuò fànto prepare a meal; to cook
• 早饭zǎo fànbreakfast
• 稀饭xī fànporridge; gruel; congee
• 盒饭hé fànmeal in a partitioned box
• 中饭zhōng fànlunch
• 要饭yào fànto beg (for food or money)
• 大饭店dà fàn diàngrand hotel; large, upscale hotel
• 开饭kāi fànto start eating; to serve a meal
• 煮饭zhǔ fànto cook
• 炒饭chǎo fànfried rice; (Taiwan; slang) to have sex
• 家常便饭jiā cháng biàn fànsimple home-style meal; common occurrence; nothing out of the ordinary
• 年夜饭nián yè fànreunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
• 剩饭shèng fànleftover food
• 酒足饭饱jiǔ zú fàn bǎoto have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content
• 茶余饭后chá yú fàn hòuleisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
• 讨饭tǎo fànto ask for food; to beg
• 铁饭碗tiě fàn wǎnsecure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
• 白饭bái fànplain cooked rice; rice with nothing to go with it
• 电饭锅diàn fàn guōelectric rice cooker
• 喷饭pēn fàn(colloquial) to burst out laughing

Characters built on 反

These share the phonetic component 反 (fǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 版bǎna register; block of printing; edition
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 阪bǎnslope; hillside
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 钣bǎnmetal plate; sheet of metal

Characters that look like 饭

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

• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 饮yǐnto drink
• 饪rèncooked food; to cook (until ready)
• 妖yāogoblin; witch; devil
• 钒fánvanadium (chemistry)
• 钕nǚneodymium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read fàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 范pattern; model; example
• 泛(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive
• 犯to violate; to offend; to assault
• 贩to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 笵bamboo mold
• 嬎(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs; (archaic) to reproduce; to bear offspring
• 畈field; farm
• 梵abbr. for 梵教; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵语; abbr. for 梵蒂冈
• 飰old variant of 饭