饭
fàn
Pinyin

Definition

饭
 - 
fàn
  1. cooked rice
  2. CL:碗[wǎn]
  3. meal
  4. CL:頓|顿[dùn]
  5. (loanword) fan
  6. devotee

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吃饭
chī fàn
  1. 1 to have a meal
  2. 2 to eat
  3. 3 to make a living
年夜饭
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner
晚饭
wǎn fàn
  1. 1 evening meal
  2. 2 dinner
  3. 3 supper
  4. 4 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì],餐[cān]
饭
fàn
  1. 1 cooked rice
  2. 2 CL:碗[wǎn]
  3. 3 meal
  4. 4 CL:頓|顿[dùn]
  5. 5 (loanword) fan
  6. 6 devotee
中饭
zhōng fàn
  1. 1 lunch
做饭
zuò fàn
  1. 1 to prepare a meal
  2. 2 to cook
午饭
wǔ fàn
  1. 1 lunch
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì],餐[cān]
早饭
zǎo fàn
  1. 1 breakfast
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì],餐[cān]
泡饭
pào fàn
  1. 1 to soak cooked rice in soup or water
  2. 2 cooked rice reheated in boiling water
炒饭
chǎo fàn
  1. 1 fried rice
  2. 2 (slang) (Tw) to have sex
煮饭
zhǔ fàn
  1. 1 to cook
盒饭
hé fàn
  1. 1 meal in a partitioned box
稀饭
xī fàn
  1. 1 porridge
  2. 2 gruel
米饭
mǐ fàn
  1. 1 (cooked) rice
酒足饭饱
jiǔ zú fàn bǎo
  1. 1 to have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content
开饭
kāi fàn
  1. 1 to serve a meal
电饭煲
diàn fàn bāo
  1. 1 rice cooker
饭堂
fàn táng
  1. 1 dining hall
  2. 2 canteen
  3. 3 cafeteria
饭局
fàn jú
  1. 1 dinner party
  2. 2 banquet
饭店
fàn diàn
  1. 1 restaurant
  2. 2 hotel
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]

Idioms (16)

三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
  1. 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
  2. 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
人是铁饭是钢
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
  1. 1 one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
  2. 2 an empty sack cannot stand upright
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
  1. 1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
  1. 1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
施粥舍饭
shī zhōu shě fàn
  1. 1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)
残茶剩饭
cán chá shèng fàn
  1. 1 spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal
  2. 2 crumbs from the feast
生米做成熟饭
shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
  3. 3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 the rice is cooked
  2. 2 what's done is done
  3. 3 it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
生米熟饭
shēng mǐ shú fàn
  1. 1 abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
  1. 1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
  2. 2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
  2. 2 to act according to actual circumstances
  3. 3 to live within one's means
茶饭不思
chá fàn bù sī
  1. 1 no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2 to have no appetite
茶饭无心
chá fàn wú xīn
  1. 1 no heart for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2 to have no appetite
酒囊饭袋
jiǔ náng fàn dài
  1. 1 wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing
饭糗茹草
fàn qiǔ rú cǎo
  1. 1 lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live in abject poverty
饱餐战饭
bǎo cān zhàn fàn
  1. 1 to fill one's belly before the battle (idiom)

Sample Sentences

咱们吃饭不谈公事，只谈交情。这以后再说。
zánmen chīfàn bù tán gōngshì ，zhǐ tán jiāoqing 。zhè yǐhòu zàishuō 。
Let’s not talk about the business, but build the relationship during the meal. I'll see these later.
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妈妈给儿子做饭。
māma gěi érzi zuòfàn 。
The mother cooks for the son.
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你都吃了三碗饭了，你还吃呀？
nǐ dōu chī le sān wǎn fàn le ，nǐ hái chī ya ？
You’ve eaten three bowls of rice already, are you still eating?
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要不这样，择日不如撞日，我们今晚吃顿饭吧，我现在就去接您。
yàobù zhèyàng ，zérìbùrúzhuàngrì ，wǒmen jīnwǎn chī dùn fàn ba ，wǒ xiànzài jiù qù jiē nín 。
What about this? There's no better day than today, let's have dinner this evening. I'll go pick you up right now.
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饭店
fàn diàn
hotel
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有空吃个饭吧。
yǒukòng chī ge fàn ba 。
If you are free, let's have a meal.
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如果我想煮饭，超市就会把新鲜的食材送到我家，他们送的东西包括蔬菜、肉类、海鲜，只要你能想到的应有尽有。
rúguǒ wǒ xiǎng zhǔfàn ，chāoshì jiù huì bǎ xīnxiān de shícái sòng dào wǒ jiā ，tāmen sòng de dōngxi bāokuò shūcài 、ròulèi 、hǎixiān ，zhǐyào nǐ néng xiǎngdào de yīngyǒujìnyǒu 。
If I want to cook, the delivery people will deliver fresh groceries to my house. What they deliver includes vegetables, meat, seafood and anything you can think of.
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铁饭碗也会生锈啊，你待的私人企业才好，说不定快升职了呢！
tiěfànwǎn yě huì shēngxiù a ，nǐ dāi de sīrén qǐyè cái hǎo ，shuōbudìng kuài shēngzhí le ne ！
Stable jobs still wear out! Staying at a private business like you is better. Perhaps you are about to get a promotion!
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也是，还是你聪明，在公家单位找了个铁饭碗的工作。
yě shì ，háishi nǐ cōngming ，zài gōngjiā dānwèi zhǎo le ge tiěfànwǎn de gōngzuò 。
That's true. You are the smarter one for finding a stable job at a public sector.
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我们在包房里唱歌、吃饭。
wǒmen zài bāofáng lǐ chànggē 、chīfàn 。
We sing and eat in the rented room.
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