Meaning of 早饭
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- breakfast
Measure word: 份,頓|顿,次,餐
How to use 早饭
早饭 is the everyday word for breakfast and usually goes with the verb 吃 (chī), to eat. Example: 你吃早饭了吗？(Nǐ chī zǎofàn le ma?) Have you eaten breakfast?
早 (zǎo) means early and 饭 (fàn) means meal or cooked rice, so 早饭 is simply the early meal of the day. Picture the sun 日 rising over the horizon as you sit down to your first bowl of food.
Common mistake: Learners often write 早上饭 by mixing up 早上 (zǎoshang, morning) with 早饭, but the correct word is just 早饭. Also keep the third tone on 早 (zǎo) and the fourth tone on 饭 (fàn). Do not say zāofàn or zàofàn.
早饭 in example sentences
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早 zǎo · early · 6 strokes
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饭 fàn · cooked rice · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 早饭.
| 早上 | zǎoshang | early morning |
| 吃饭 | chīfàn | to have a meal; to eat |
| 午饭 | wǔfàn | lunch |
| 饭店 | fàndiàn | restaurant; hotel |
| 晚饭 | wǎnfàn | evening meal; dinner |
| 米饭 | mǐfàn | (cooked) rice |
| 早就 | zǎo jiù | already at an earlier time |
| 早餐 | zǎocān | breakfast |
| 早晨 | zǎochen | early morning; also pr. [zao3chen5] |
| 做饭 | zuòfàn | to prepare a meal; to cook |
| 饭馆 | fànguǎn | restaurant |
| 早已 | zǎoyǐ | for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past |
Questions about 早饭
What does 早饭 mean?
早饭 (zǎofàn) means "breakfast" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 早饭?
早饭 is made of 2 characters: 早 (6 strokes), 饭 (7 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 早饭 an HSK word?
Yes. 早饭 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 早饭 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 早饭 is written 早飯.
What is the difference between 早饭 and 早餐?
Both mean breakfast. 早饭 (zǎofàn) is more casual and common in speech, while 早餐 (zǎocān) sounds a bit more formal and often appears on menus and signs.
How do I say lunch and dinner in the same pattern?
Swap the first character: 午饭 (wǔfàn) is lunch and 晚饭 (wǎnfàn) is dinner. All three take the verb 吃, as in 吃午饭 (chī wǔfàn), to eat lunch.