晚餐wǎn cānevening meal; dinner
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.
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?
How is 晚餐 used in a conversation?
- 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?
- 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.
- Speaker A:
好,那儿的菜很好吃。
Hǎo, nàr de cài hěn hǎochī.
OK, the food there is delicious.
- Speaker B:
我先打电话问问。
Wǒ xiān dǎ diànhuà wènwen.
I'll call and ask first.
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- 晚饭wǎn fànevening mealHSK 1
- 晚wǎnlateHSK 1
- 一生yì shēngall one's life; throughout one's lifeHSK 4
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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.