Meaning of 晚饭
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- evening meal
- dinner
- supper
Measure word: 份,頓|顿,次,餐
How to use 晚饭
晚饭 is the everyday word for dinner and usually goes with the verb 吃 (chī), to eat. Example: 我们七点吃晚饭。(Wǒmen qī diǎn chī wǎnfàn.) We eat dinner at seven.
晚 (wǎn) means late or evening, as in 晚上 (wǎnshang), and 饭 (fàn) means a meal or cooked rice. Put them together and you get the late meal of the day, dinner.
Common mistake: Learners often say 晚上饭, but the correct word is just 晚饭 (wǎnfàn). Also keep the tones clear: wǎn is third tone and fàn is fourth tone, so it should not sound like wànfàn.
晚饭 in example sentences
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晚 wǎn · evening · 11 strokes
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饭 fàn · cooked rice · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 晚饭.
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 吃饭 | chīfàn | to have a meal; to eat |
| 午饭 | wǔfàn | lunch |
| 饭店 | fàndiàn | restaurant; hotel |
| 早饭 | zǎofàn | breakfast |
| 米饭 | mǐfàn | (cooked) rice |
| 晚安 | wǎn'ān | Good night!; Good evening! |
| 晚餐 | wǎncān | evening meal; dinner |
| 做饭 | zuòfàn | to prepare a meal; to cook |
| 晚会 | wǎnhuì | evening party |
| 饭馆 | fànguǎn | restaurant |
| 晚报 | wǎnbào | evening newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Evening News |
Questions about 晚饭
What does 晚饭 mean?
晚饭 (wǎnfàn) means "evening meal; dinner" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 晚饭?
晚饭 is made of 2 characters: 晚 (11 strokes), 饭 (7 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 晚饭 an HSK word?
Yes. 晚饭 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 晚饭 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 晚饭 is written 晚飯.
How do I say breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Chinese?
They follow one pattern: 早饭 (zǎofàn) is breakfast, 午饭 (wǔfàn) is lunch, and 晚饭 (wǎnfàn) is dinner. Each is a time word plus 饭 (fàn), meal.
What is the difference between 晚饭 and 晚餐?
Both mean dinner. 晚饭 (wǎnfàn) is the common spoken word at home and with friends, while 晚餐 (wǎncān) sounds more formal and appears on menus, in restaurants, and in writing.