餐
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cān · to eat, to dine

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16Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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食Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 餐

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cānWords pronounced cān
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Example sentences

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Zhè shì zhèn shàng zuì hǎo de cān tīng.这是镇上最好的餐厅。

This is the best restaurant in the city.

Source: Tatoeba #10062408 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yāo le tā yì qǐ wǎn cān.我邀了他一起晚餐。

I invited him to dinner.

Source: Tatoeba #8091313 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā chī guò wǔ cān jiù chū qù le.他吃过午餐就出去了。

He left after he had lunch.

Source: Tatoeba #8737024 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bú è. wǒ gāng chī guò zǎo cān.我不饿。我刚吃过早餐。

I'm not hungry. I've just had breakfast.

Source: Tatoeba #12686318 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yǐ qián cóng lái méi yǒu cháng guò zhōng cān.我以前从来没有尝过中餐。

I've never eaten Chinese food before.

Source: Tatoeba #611149 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng yào diǎn dāng rì tào cān.我想要点当日套餐。

I'd like to buy menu of the day.

Source: Tatoeba #792821 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 餐 in context

  1. Say cān, then recall the core meaning: to eat, to dine.
  2. Write all 16 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 餐厅 (cān tīng), meaning “dining hall”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 餐 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.