The Chinese character饭 (fàn) can mean "rice", "food" or "meal." The two latter meanings are the most common in modern Chinese. Character Breakdown 饭 is a semantic-phonetic compound, which means that one part describes its meaning and the other part describes its pronunciation. The character is composed of two parts: 饣(shí): food; to eat 反 (fǎn): contrary; reverse 饣(shí), which means "food; to eat," is obviously related to the meaning of the word and is also the radical of this character. 反 means "contrary; reverse," and is not related to the meaning of the character. Instead, this character component carries information about how it's pronounced. Since this character was created a long time ago, things have changed, and the pronunciation is no longer identical. In fact, the tone is different. Still, if you know how to pronounce this component, remembering the pronunciation of the entire character becomes easier (and the other way around). Common Words Using Fàn Coupled with another character, 饭 can take on a different meaning. Here are a few examples: 吃饭 (chī fàn): to eat (in general, not "to eat rice") 早饭 (zǎo fàn): breakfast 午饭 (wǔ fàn): lunch 晚饭 (wǎn fàn): dinner 饭馆 (fàn guǎn): restaurant 米饭 (mǐ fàn): rice 要饭 (yào fàn): to beg 饭店 (fàn diàn): hotel (typically one that has a restaurant inside) Sentence Examples Using Fàn 请给我一碗白饭。- qǐng gěi wǒ yīwǎn báifàn. = Please give me a bowl of white rice. 你可以买一斤米饭吗？- nǐ kěyǐ mǎi yī jīn mǐfàn ma? = Can you buy a pound of rice, please? 我饿了！去吃饭吧! - wǒ è le! Qù chīfàn ba! = I'm hungry! Let's go eat! 你妈做的饭太好吃了 - nǐ mā zuò de fàn tài hào chīle = Your mom's cooking so so good. 你想去哪家饭馆？- nǐ xiǎng qù nǎ jiā fànguǎn? = Which restaurant do you want to go to? #Our teachers # More than 10 years teaching experience Master Degree Certificate for teaching chinese as a foreign language   # About us # Founded in 2007 Chinese test and training center 200+ Chinese teachers 5000+ students  # Contact us# Name:fiona Phone number:021-52287809,13918358891 E-mail:info@mandarinmorning.com www.mandarinmorning.com If you are interested to join Mandarin Morning school or want more details about our services, scan the following QR code. ☟   Mandarin Morning Chinese test center attached to Confucius institute headquarters Authorized Test Center and Training Center for International Chinese Language Teacher Certificater 10 years+ ，200 teachers ，more 10000 students，200+companies  |
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