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(cān tīng) - restaurant, dining hall, canteen in Mandarin

cāntīng

Traditional: 餐廳

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Translation

restaurant, dining hall, canteen

Word origin

A compound of 餐 (cān, meal, to eat) and 厅 (tīng, hall, large room), naming a hall where meals are served.

Origin
compound
Root
餐 (cān, meal) + 厅 (tīng, hall)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 餐

餐

Stroke order for 厅

厅

Examples

菜cài。

The food at this restaurant is delicious.

。

We eat lunch in the school canteen.

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That restaurant is always busy at weekends.

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He works at a Chinese restaurant.

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Excuse me, what time does the restaurant open?

餐厅 (cān tīng) means a restaurant or dining hall. It refers to a public place or institutional room where meals are served.

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This word is part of lesson 34.