Meaning of 饭店
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- restaurant
- hotel
Measure word: 家
How to use 饭店
饭店 can mean a restaurant, and in names it often means a large hotel, such as 北京饭店 (Běijīng Fàndiàn). Context tells you which one is meant. Example: 我们去饭店吃饭吧。(Wǒmen qù fàndiàn chīfàn ba.) Let's go eat at a restaurant.
饭 (fàn) means a meal or cooked rice, and 店 (diàn) means a shop, as in 商店 (shāngdiàn) and 书店 (shūdiàn). A meal shop is a restaurant, and a big one with rooms upstairs becomes a hotel.
Common mistake: Learners often assume 饭店 always means restaurant, then get confused when a hotel is called 某某饭店. Also keep both syllables in the fourth tone, fàndiàn, and do not say fǎndiǎn.
饭店 in example sentences
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饭 fàn · cooked rice · 7 strokes
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店 diàn · inn · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 饭店.
Questions about 饭店
What does 饭店 mean?
饭店 (fàndiàn) means "restaurant; hotel" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 饭店?
饭店 is made of 2 characters: 饭 (7 strokes), 店 (8 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 饭店 an HSK word?
Yes. 饭店 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 饭店 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 饭店 is written 飯店.
What is the difference between 饭店 and 餐厅?
Both can mean restaurant. 餐厅 (cāntīng) sounds a bit more formal or modern and never means hotel, while 饭店 is everyday and can also be a hotel name.
Is 饭店 the usual word for hotel?
Not in everyday speech. People usually say 酒店 (jiǔdiàn) or 宾馆 (bīnguǎn) for hotel. 饭店 as hotel mostly appears in the official names of older or famous hotels.