飯 (faan6) — feed in Cantonese
faanˍ₆飯简 饭
Mandarin Pinyin: fan4
Meaning of 飯
nounfeed
nounprofession; means for living
nounmeal
nouncooked rice; cooked grain for food
Example Sentences with 飯
你想食麵定係食飯呀？
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?
你想吃麵還是吃飯？
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?
只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代。
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.
飯熟晒咁滯
The rice is almost done.
飯唔熟乜滯
The rice is not quite cooked enough.
Words Containing 飯
討飯tou2 faan6
要飯 [粵]: 乞食
飯糰faan6 tyun4
rice ball (a kind of snack), Onigiri, Omusubi
飯店faan6 dim3
restaurant (esp. Chinese)
無飯夫妻mou4 faan6 fu1 cai1
a couple, where both partners cannot cook well.
加飯酒gaa1 faan6 zau2
Jiafan wine
福建炒飯fuk1 gin3 caau2 faan6
fried rice with oyster sauce topping
大鍋飯daai6 wo1 faan6
the concept of eating from the same big rice pot, figuratively referring to the idea that everyone gets the same rewards in an organisation regardless of individual performances. This term is often used to disparage the system used in organisations in mainland China before the economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s. | [粵]: 大鑊飯
煮飯婆zyu2 faan2 po4
housewife
飯局faan6 guk6
dinner party; banquet; feast
撈飯lou1 faan6
rice first boiled then strained and then steamed
飯煲faan6 bou1
rice cooker
開飯hoi1 faan6
serve a meal
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