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晚餐wǎn cānevening meal; dinner

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晚餐 (wǎn cān) means "evening meal" or "dinner." It is a slightly more formal word than 晚饭 and often appears in phrases like 吃晚餐 (have dinner). A single dinner can be counted with 顿, as in 这顿晚餐 (this one dinner here).

What does 晚餐 mean?

  1. 1.

    evening meal; dinnernoun

What do the characters in 晚餐 mean?

  • 晚evening
  • 餐meal

How do you use 晚餐?

晚餐 often follows 吃; use 顿 or 份 to count it.

Patterns

  • 吃 + 晚餐

    今天在哪儿吃晚餐?

    Jīntiān zài nǎr chī wǎncān?

    Where are we having dinner today?

What are some examples of 晚餐 in a sentence?

  1. 我们七点吃晚餐。

    Wǒmen qī diǎn chī wǎncān.

    We eat dinner at seven.

  2. 这顿晚餐很好吃。

    Zhè dùn wǎncān hěn hǎochī.

    This dinner is delicious.

  3. 你想在家吃晚餐吗?

    Nǐ xiǎng zài jiā chī wǎncān ma?

    Do you want to have dinner at home?

How is 晚餐 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    今天晚上我们在哪儿吃晚餐?

    Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒmen zài nǎr chī wǎncān?

    Where are we having dinner tonight?

  2. Speaker B:

    去学校旁边那家饭店吧。

    Qù xuéxiào pángbiān nà jiā fàndiàn ba.

    Let's go to that restaurant next to the school.

  3. Speaker A:

    好,那儿的菜很好吃。

    Hǎo, nàr de cài hěn hǎochī.

    OK, the food there is delicious.

  4. Speaker B:

    我先打电话问问。

    Wǒ xiān dǎ diànhuà wènwen.

    I'll call and ask first.

What should you learn next?

English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.