Meaning of 餐饮
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- food and beverage
- catering
- repast
How to use 餐饮
餐饮 is a formal, business-style word for the food and beverage industry or catering services. You see it on signs, job ads and in news, often in phrases like 餐饮业 (cānyǐnyè, the restaurant industry). Example: 他在一家餐饮公司工作。(Tā zài yì jiā cānyǐn gōngsī gōngzuò.) He works at a catering company.
餐 (cān) is the meal you eat, as in 早餐 and 晚餐, and 饮 (yǐn) is what you drink. Both carry the food radical 饣 on the left, so 餐饮 is simply eating plus drinking, the whole food and beverage business.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 餐饮 to mean a single meal, as in 我们吃餐饮. Use 饭 (fàn) or 餐 (cān) for an actual meal, and save 餐饮 for the industry or service. Also keep the third tone on 饮 (yǐn), not the first tone of 音 (yīn).
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餐 cān · meal · 16 strokes
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饮 yǐn · to swallow · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 餐饮.
| 晚餐 | wǎncān | evening meal; dinner |
| 早餐 | zǎocān | breakfast |
| 午餐 | wǔcān | lunch; luncheon |
| 快餐 | kuàicān | fast food; snack |
| 中餐 | zhōngcān | lunch; Chinese meal; Chinese food |
| 西餐 | xīcān | Western-style food |
| 套餐 | tàocān | set meal; (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription) |
| 餐厅 | cāntīng | dining hall; dining room |
| 饮料 | yǐnliào | drink; beverage |
| 餐馆 | cānguǎn | restaurant |
| 饮食 | yǐnshí | eating and drinking; food and drink; diet |
| 野餐 | yěcān | picnic; to have a picnic |
Questions about 餐饮
What does 餐饮 mean?
餐饮 (cānyǐn) means "food and beverage; catering" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 餐饮?
餐饮 is made of 2 characters: 餐 (16 strokes), 饮 (7 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.
Is 餐饮 an HSK word?
Yes. 餐饮 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 餐饮 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 餐饮 is written 餐飲.
What is the difference between 餐饮 and 餐厅?
餐厅 (cāntīng) is a specific place, a restaurant or dining hall. 餐饮 is the broader field of serving food and drinks, so a 餐厅 is one kind of 餐饮 business.
Can 饮 be used alone to mean drink?
In everyday speech people say 喝 (hē) for drink. 饮 appears mostly in compounds and formal words, such as 饮料 (yǐnliào, beverage) and 饮食 (yǐnshí, diet).