饭/飯 fàn — cooked rice

Meanings

1. 1

   cooked rice

   Cooked grain, especially rice — 米饭 makes it unambiguous. Because rice is the staple, 饭 also stands for a meal in general.

   noun
2. 2

   a meal (in 吃饭)

   noun

Example sentences

• 我们几点吃饭？/我們幾點吃飯？Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) jǐ (third tone, dipping) diǎn (third tone, dipping) chīfàn? (first tone, high and level)···

  What time are we eating?

• 妈妈在家做饭。/媽媽在家做飯。Māma (first tone, high and level) zài (fourth tone, falling) jiā (first tone, high and level) zuò (fourth tone, falling) fàn. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Mum is cooking at home.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我吃饭苹果。

  Correct我吃苹果。

  吃饭 is a verb plus its own object, so no second object can follow. Name the food directly after 吃 instead.

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