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晚饭wǎn fànevening meal

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晚饭 (wǎn fàn) means "evening meal," "dinner," or "supper," the meal eaten in the evening. It is used with verbs such as 吃 (to eat) and 做 (to make), as in 吃晚饭 (to have dinner), and CEDICT lists measure words such as 顿 and 份 for it.

What does 晚饭 mean?

  1. 1.

    evening mealnoun

  2. 2.

    dinnernoun

  3. 3.

    suppernoun

What do the characters in 晚饭 mean?

  • 晚evening
  • 饭meal

How do you use 晚饭?

晚饭 often follows 吃 or 做, and can take the measure word 顿.

What are some examples of 晚饭 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 1

    我们七点吃晚饭。

    Wǒmen qī diǎn chī wǎnfàn.

    We have dinner at seven.

  2. HSK 1

    今天的晚饭是妈妈做的。

    Jīntiān de wǎnfàn shì māma zuò de.

    Today's dinner was made by Mom.

  3. HSK 1

    你想晚饭吃什么？

    Nǐ xiǎng wǎnfàn chī shénme?

    What do you want to eat for dinner?

How is 晚饭 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你吃晚饭了吗？

    Nǐ chī wǎnfàn le ma?

    Have you had dinner?

  2. Speaker B:

    还没有，我刚回家。

    Hái méiyǒu, wǒ gāng huí jiā.

    Not yet; I just got home.

  3. Speaker A:

    我们一起去饭店吃吧。

    Wǒmen yìqǐ qù fàndiàn chī ba.

    Let's go eat at a restaurant together.

  4. Speaker B:

    好啊，我也饿了。

    Hǎo a, wǒ yě è le.

    Sure, I'm hungry too.

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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.