cān
Radical 184 · 16 strokes

meal

HSK 6 (3.0)3 meanings#13771
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    meal

    吃饭的时候;食物chīfàn de shíhou; shíwù

    • Let's have lunch together.

  2. measure word

    classifier for meals

    用来计数吃饭的次数yònglái jìshù chīfàn de cìshù

  3. verb

    to eat

    吃饭;进食chī fàn;jìnshí

    • Let's have a meal together.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A meal is when the hand picks up leftover scraps and puts them in the mouth — the image of primitive eating.

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