餐 (caan1) — meal; food; dinner in Cantonese
caanˉ¹餐
Mandarin Pinyin: can1
Meaning of 餐
nounmeal; food; dinner
nounnumber (for meals)
noundine; eat; have a meal
nountime (for eating, scolding, beating, etc) | [國] 頓
noun(noun) the unit of meals
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Example Sentences with 餐
嗰間餐廳啲嘢好好食㗎！
The food at that restaurant is excellent!
我父母早餐常吃烤麵包。
My parents eat toast for breakfast.
不如去雞記食早餐囉!
Let's go to KFC have a breakfast.
間餐廳嘅例湯賣來賣去都係嗰三幅被，重來冇新鮮啲嘅畀你試。
This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try.
年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.
Words Containing 餐
中國餐館症候群zung1 gwok3 caan1 gun2 zing3 hau6 kwan4
Chinese restaurant syndrome, a purported allergy to MSG
快餐店faai3 caan1 dim3
a fast-food restaurant
自助餐zi6 zo6 caan1
buffet style meal; smorgasbord (lit., "help yourself meal")
聚餐zeoi6 caan1
"group dinner" (cost shared by all but guest of honor); dine together
便餐廳bin6 caan1 teng1
cafeteria
搵餐晏仔wan2 caan1 aan3 zai2
to make a living; to earn one's keep; to maintain one's livelihood
是日餐湯si6 jat6 caan1 tong1
soup of the day | Also: 是日例湯
餐搵餐食餐餐清caan1 wan2 caan1 sik6 caan1 caan1 cing1
completely spend what one earns, "living paycheck to paycheck"
餐屎caan1 si2
opportunity, chance (as a loanword)
中餐zung1 caan1
Chinese food; Chinese meal
西餐樓sai1 caan1 lau2
a Western-style restaurant
聖餐sing3 caan1
Holy communion (of the Christian mass); sacrament
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