晚餐
wǎncānTraditional: 晚餐
#1267 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
dinner, supper, evening meal
Word origin
A compound of 晚 (wǎn, evening) and 餐 (cān, a meal). The evening meal is dinner, a slightly more formal word than 晚饭.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 晚 (wǎn, evening) + 餐 (cān, meal)
Stroke order
晚
餐
Examples
七。
We have dinner at seven.
丰盛。
Tonight's dinner is very rich.
？
Where would you like to have dinner?
。
Mum is preparing dinner.
。
Thank you for treating me to dinner.
晚餐 (wǎn cān) means dinner or the evening meal. It is a touch more formal than the everyday 晚饭.
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