饭店/飯店 fàndiàn — restaurant

Meanings

1. 1

   restaurant

   A place to eat out. Businesses are counted with 家: 一家饭店.

   noun
2. 2

   hotel (in the name of large establishments)

   noun

   Large hotels are often called 饭店 — 北京饭店 is a hotel, not a restaurant. For a place to sleep, 宾馆 is unambiguous.

Character breakdown

• 店

  diàn (fourth tone, falling)

  a shop, a store; an inn

  8 strokes⿸广占Radical 广

Example sentences

• 这个饭店的菜很多。/這個飯店的菜很多。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) fàndiàn (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) cài (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō. (first tone, high and level)···

  This restaurant has a big menu.

• 我们中午在饭店吃饭。/我們中午在飯店吃飯。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) zhōngwǔ (first tone, high and level) zài (fourth tone, falling) fàndiàn (fourth tone, falling) chīfàn. (first tone, high and level)···

  We’re eating at a restaurant at lunchtime.

Similar words

Words containing 店

• 商店shāngdiàn (first tone, high and level)shop, store