饭碗 meaning in English

fànwǎn

rice bowl; fig. livelihood

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 飯碗20 strokes

Meaning of 饭碗

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fànwǎn
  1. rice bowl
  2. fig. livelihood
  3. job
  4. way of making a living

饭碗 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

即jí使shǐ我wǒ拿ná不bú到dào高gāo工gōng资zī,我wǒ也yě不bù肯kěn放fàng弃qì这zhè个ge饭fàn碗wǎn。
Even if I don't get a high salary, I'm not willing to quit this way of making a living.

Stroke order for each character

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饭 fàn · cooked rice · 7 strokes

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  7. 7

碗 wǎn · bowl · 13 strokes

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  13. 13

Related words

Words that share a character with 饭碗.

吃饭chīfànto have a meal; to eat
午饭wǔfànlunch
饭店fàndiànrestaurant; hotel
晚饭wǎnfànevening meal; dinner
早饭zǎofànbreakfast
米饭mǐfàn(cooked) rice
做饭zuòfànto prepare a meal; to cook
饭馆fànguǎnrestaurant
盒饭héfànmeal in a partitioned box
电饭锅diànfànguōelectric rice cooker
便饭biànfànan ordinary meal; simple home cooking
年夜饭niányèfànreunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)

Questions about 饭碗

What does 饭碗 mean?

饭碗 (fànwǎn) means "rice bowl; fig. livelihood" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 饭碗?

饭碗 is made of 2 characters: 饭 (7 strokes), 碗 (13 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 饭碗 an HSK word?

Yes. 饭碗 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 饭碗 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 饭碗 is written 飯碗.