请 請 qǐng to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 晚餐 wǎn cān evening meal / dinner / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4] syn 吃饭 吃飯 chī fàn to have a meal / to eat / to make a living syn 晚饭 晚飯 wǎn fàn evening meal / dinner / supper / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1] syn 做饭 做飯 zuò fàn to prepare a meal / to cook syn 大餐 dà cān sumptuous meal / banquet 用餐 yòng cān to eat a meal syn 进食 進食 jìn shí to eat one's meal syn 快餐 kuài cān fast food / snack / quick meal 自助餐 zì zhù cān buffet / self-service meal 中餐 zhōng cān lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] 套餐 tào cān set meal / (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription) 聚餐 jù cān communal meal / formal dinner of club or group syn 开饭 開飯 kāi fàn to serve a meal syn 便当 便當 biàn dāng convenient / handy / easy / bento (a meal in a partitioned box) / lunchbox syn 家常便饭 家常便飯 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary syn 进餐 進餐 jìn cān to have a meal syn 下厨 下廚 xià chú to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook syn 正餐 zhèng cān (regular) meal / full meal / main course 盒饭 盒飯 hé fàn meal in a partitioned box 便饭 便飯 biàn fàn an ordinary meal / simple home cooking syn 整治 zhěng zhì to bring under control / to regulate / to restore to good condition / (coll.) to fix (a person) / to prepare (a meal etc) syn 骨粉 gǔ fěn bone meal 鱼粉 魚粉 yú fěn fish meal 茶余饭后 茶餘飯後 chá yú fàn hòu leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc) syn 外卖 外賣 wài mài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal) 餐点 餐點 cān diǎn food / dish / meal 送餐 sòng cān home delivery of meal 大锅饭 大鍋飯 dà guō fàn meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit syn 吃不上 chī bu shàng unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal 用饭 用飯 yòng fàn to eat / to have a meal 加餐 jiā cān to have an extra meal / snack 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 过堂 過堂 guò táng to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall syn 顿 頓 dùn to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal syn 饭 飯 fàn cooked rice / CL:碗[wan3] / meal / CL:頓|顿[dun4] / (loanword) fan / devotee syn 餐 cān meal / to eat / classifier for meals syn 美餐 měi cān tasty meal / to eat a satisfying meal 残羹 殘羹 cán gēng leftovers from a meal 残羹剩饭 殘羹剩飯 cán gēng shèng fàn leftovers from a meal / fig. remnants handed down from others 冷餐 lěng cān cold meal / cold food 客饭 客飯 kè fàn cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors / set meal syn 哺 餔 bū to eat / evening meal syn 打牙祭 dǎ yá jì to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month) syn 大饱口福 大飽口福 dà bǎo kǒu fú to eat one's fill / to have a good meal 努力 nǔ lì to make an effort / to try hard / to strive / hard-working / conscientious syn 停车 停車 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall 业余 業餘 yè yú in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc) syn 休闲 休閒 xiū xián leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow syn 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 加工 jiā gōng to process / processing / working (of machinery) 轮班 輪班 lún bān shift working syn 女工 nǚ gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 按部就班 àn bù jiù bān to follow the prescribed order / to keep to the working routine (idiom) syn 工作日 gōng zuò rì workday / working day / weekday 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 接班 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb syn 不劳而获 不勞而獲 bù láo ér huò (idiom) to reap without sowing / to get sth without working for it / to sponge off others syn 工作组 工作組 gōng zuò zǔ work team / working group / task force 工人阶级 工人階級 gōng rén jiē jí working class syn 一把手 yī bǎ shǒu working hand / member of a work team / participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手[di4 yi1 ba3 shou3]) syn 工作队 工作隊 gōng zuò duì a working group / a task force 工序 gōng xù working procedure / process 误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work / to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time / a holdup syn 工作报告 工作報告 gōng zuò bào gào working report / operating report 工委 gōng wěi working committee 工作委员会 工作委員會 gōng zuò wěi yuán huì working committee 上班时间 上班時間 shàng bān shí jiān working hours / office hours 当机 當機 dàng jī to crash (of a computer) / to stop working / (loanword from English "down") 劳动人民 勞動人民 láo dòng rén mín working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past 高就 gāo jiù to take up a prestigious position / (courteous) to work (as in 您在哪高就[nin2 zai4 na3 gao1jiu4] "where are you working?") 工作时间 工作時間 gōng zuò shí jiān working hours 工作面 gōng zuò miàn (mining) face (as in coalface 採煤工作面|采煤工作面[cai3mei2 gong1zuo4mian4]) / (machining) working surface (of a workpiece) syn 北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit 当掉 當掉 dàng diào to fail (a student) / to pawn / (of a computer or program) to crash / to stop working 周转金 週轉金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover 粉领 粉領 fěn lǐng pink collar / woman working in the service industry 齐心合力 齊心合力 qí xīn hé lì to work as one (idiom) / united in a concerted effort / working hard together syn 双职工 雙職工 shuāng zhí gōng working couple (husband and wife both employed) 使役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) syn 馂 餕 jùn remains of a sacrifice or a meal 残茶剩饭 殘茶剩飯 cán chá shèng fàn spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom) / remains after a meal / crumbs from the feast 刻苦耐劳 刻苦耐勞 kè kǔ nài láo to bear hardships and work hard (idiom) / assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity syn 吃粮不管事 吃糧不管事 chī liáng bù guǎn shì to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest 善自为谋 善自為謀 shàn zì wéi móu to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom) 忆苦饭 憶苦飯 yì kǔ fàn unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships / fig. poor-tasting meal 农业统计工作组 nóng yè tǒng jì gōng zuò zǔ Inter-American Statistical Institute (IASI) / FAO Working Group on Agricultural Statistics / Working Group on Agricultural Statistics 技术合作主任工作组 Technical Cooperation Administrator Working Group / TCA Working Group 欧盟理事会恐怖主义问题工作组 European Union Council Working Party on Terrorism / Council Working Party on Terrorism 两性平等和人道主义行动工作分组 Sub-Working Group on Gender and Humanitarian Action / Gender Sub-Working Group 全球指标技术工作组 Technical Working Group on Global Indicators for resolution 1325 (2000) / Technical Working Group on Global Indicators 执行委员会工作方法问题工作组 Working Group on Executive Committee Working Methods 安全理事会儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 根据任择议定书提出的来文工作组 根據任擇議定書提出的來文工作組 Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol 下落不明人员问题工作组 Working Group on Missing Persons / Working Group on Unaccounted-for Persons 失踪人员问题工作组 shī zōng rén yuán wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Missing Persons / Working Group on Unaccounted-for Persons 普遍定期审议机制工作组 普遍定期審議机制工作組 pǔ biàn dìng qī shěn yì jī zhì gōng zuò zǔ Inter-sessional open-ended intergovernmental Working Group to develop the modalities of the universal periodic review mechanism / Working group on the universal periodic review mechanism 