吃饭

• 拼音: chī fàn
• 汉字拆解: 吃 (eat) + 饭 (cooked rice, meal) — to have a meal

含义

To eat; to have a meal. A verb-object compound referring to the act of eating a meal.

Literally 'eat rice' but means 'to have a meal' in general, regardless of whether rice is served. A separable verb-object compound: 吃了饭 (ate), 吃点儿饭 (eat a little). The phrase 你吃饭了吗？ is one of the most common everyday greetings in Chinese, equivalent to 'How are you?'.

例句

1. 你吃饭了吗？
2. 我们去吃饭吧。
3. 他还没吃饭。

用法指南

语境: food, greeting, everyday

语气: warm

正确说法

• 你吃饭了吗？(Have you eaten? — common greeting)
• 该吃饭了。(It's time to eat.)

错误说法

• 吃饭面条 with a specific food directly after (Say 吃面条 for noodles — don't insert 饭 before another food item)

起源与历史

Compound of 吃 (eat) and 饭 (cooked rice, meal). In Chinese culture, rice is so central to meals that 'eating rice' became synonymous with having a meal.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal