早餐

• 拼音: zǎo cān
• 汉字拆解: 早 = 日 (sun) + base, depicting the sun just risen; 餐 = complex character containing 食 (food), meaning 'meal'

含义

Breakfast. The first meal of the day, eaten in the morning.

A slightly more formal word for breakfast. In everyday speech, 早饭 is equally common and more colloquial. Chinese breakfast typically includes items like 豆浆 (soy milk), 油条 (fried dough sticks), 包子 (steamed buns), 粥 (congee), and 鸡蛋 (eggs).

例句

1. 你今天吃早餐了吗？
2. 早餐我喜欢喝粥。
3. 不吃早餐对身体不好。

用法指南

语境: food, daily routine

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 早餐吃了什么？(What did you have for breakfast?)
• 酒店的早餐很丰富。(The hotel breakfast is very plentiful.)

错误说法

• 我吃了一个早餐。(Don't use 一个 before 早餐 — say 我吃了早餐 or 我吃了一顿早餐 with the correct measure word 顿.)

起源与历史

Compound of 早 (early/morning) and 餐 (meal), literally 'morning meal.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal