开饭 meaning in English

kāifàn

to start eating; to serve a meal

Traditional 開飯11 strokes

Meaning of 开饭

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kāifàn
  1. to start eating
  2. to serve a meal

开饭 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā决jué定dìng错cuò开kāi饭fàn点diǎn吃chī饭fàn。
He decided to eat off-peak.
晚wǎn餐cān将jiāng在zài六liù点diǎn半bàn前qián开kāi饭fàn。
Dinner will be ready by six-thirty.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

饭 fàn · cooked rice · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 开饭.

打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
吃饭chīfànto have a meal; to eat
午饭wǔfànlunch
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
饭店fàndiànrestaurant; hotel
晚饭wǎnfànevening meal; dinner
早饭zǎofànbreakfast
米饭mǐfàn(cooked) rice
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice

Questions about 开饭

What does 开饭 mean?

开饭 (kāifàn) means "to start eating; to serve a meal".

How do you write 开饭?

开饭 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 饭 (7 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

How is 开饭 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开饭 is written 開飯.