Meaning of 盒饭
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- meal in a partitioned box
How to use 盒饭
盒饭 is the everyday word for a packed or takeaway meal in a box, often sold at train stations, offices, and film sets. It usually means rice with a few dishes in separate sections. Example: 我们中午吃盒饭吧。(Wǒmen zhōngwǔ chī héfàn ba.) Let's have boxed meals for lunch.
盒 (hé) means box, and 饭 (fàn) means meal or cooked rice. Picture a box with rice inside, and you have 盒饭, a boxed meal.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 合饭, using 合 (hé, to combine) instead of 盒. The correct character 盒 has 皿 (a dish) at the bottom, which fits the idea of a container.
盒饭 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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盒 hé · small box · 11 strokes
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饭 fàn · cooked rice · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 盒饭.
| 吃饭 | chīfàn | to have a meal; to eat |
| 午饭 | wǔfàn | lunch |
| 饭店 | fàndiàn | restaurant; hotel |
| 晚饭 | wǎnfàn | evening meal; dinner |
| 早饭 | zǎofàn | breakfast |
| 米饭 | mǐfàn | (cooked) rice |
| 做饭 | zuòfàn | to prepare a meal; to cook |
| 饭馆 | fànguǎn | restaurant |
| 盒子 | hézi | box; case; hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines |
| 电饭锅 | diànfànguō | electric rice cooker |
| 饭碗 | fànwǎn | rice bowl; fig. livelihood |
| 便饭 | biànfàn | an ordinary meal; simple home cooking |
Questions about 盒饭
What does 盒饭 mean?
盒饭 (héfàn) means "meal in a partitioned box" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 盒饭?
盒饭 is made of 2 characters: 盒 (11 strokes), 饭 (7 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 盒饭 an HSK word?
Yes. 盒饭 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 盒饭 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 盒饭 is written 盒飯.
What measure word is used with 盒饭?
The most common measure word is 份 (fèn), as in 一份盒饭 (yí fèn héfàn), one boxed meal. You will also hear 个 (gè) in casual speech, and 盒 (hé) itself can be used, as in 两盒饭.
Is 盒饭 the same as a Japanese bento?
They are similar, but 盒饭 is usually a simple, practical meal and not a carefully arranged one. For Japanese bento, Chinese speakers often say 便当 (biàndāng), a word also common in Taiwan for boxed meals.