晚饭

• 拼音: wǎn fàn
• 汉字拆解: 晚 = evening; 饭 = 饣(food radical) + 反 (phonetic) — meal/rice

含义

Dinner; supper; evening meal. The main meal eaten in the evening.

One of the three daily meals: 早饭 (breakfast), 午饭 (lunch), 晚饭 (dinner). Dinner is typically the most important meal of the day in Chinese families, when everyone gathers to eat together. Also called 晚餐 in more formal contexts.

例句

1. 你吃晚饭了吗？
2. 妈妈在做晚饭。
3. 我们六点吃晚饭。

用法指南

语境: food and drink, daily routine

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 晚饭吃什么？(What's for dinner?)
• 今天的晚饭很好吃。(Dinner is delicious today.)

错误说法

• 我吃了一个晚饭。(Unnatural — say 我吃了晚饭; meals do not need a measure word in Chinese)

起源与历史

A compound of 晚 (evening) and 饭 (rice/meal), literally meaning 'evening meal.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal