餐 in English

Measure word

• 家 jiā home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical... attested in use
• 次 cì next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard... attested in use

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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

• Small seal script
• Clerical script 曹魏至西晉
• See all 4 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• "妈妈，我能吃一块饼干吗？" "不行，不该在3餐间吃。"

  "Mum, can I have a biscuit?" "No, you shouldn't eat between meals."

• 一日四次，餐后服用。

  Take one four times a day, after meals.

• 中国是三人在中等餐馆吃火锅自助餐一共值五块人民币而汉堡包比它贵五倍唯一的国家。您去搞明白吧......

  China's the only country where three people can eat at a mid-range hotpot buffet for only 5 RMB, but a hamburger costs five times as much. Figure that one out!

• 为什么玛丽和他去野餐？

  How come Mary is going on a picnic with him?

• 他们出发去野餐了。

  They set out on a picnic.

• 他在早餐之前散步。

  He took a walk before breakfast.

• 他在早餐前洗了个澡。

  He had a shower before breakfast.

• 他在自助餐廳吃午餐。

  He eats lunch at a cafeteria.

All example sentences with 餐