(zǎo cān) - breakfast in Mandarin

zǎocān

Traditional: 早餐

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Translation

breakfast

Word origin

A compound of 早 (zǎo, early) and 餐 (cān, a meal), giving the literal sense of the early meal of the day.

Origin: compound
Root: 早 (zǎo, early) + 餐 (cān, meal)

Stroke order

早

餐

Examples

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I eat breakfast every day.

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What would you like for breakfast?

丰fēng盛shèng。

The hotel breakfast is very generous.

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She is preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

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Skipping breakfast is bad for your health.

早餐 (zǎocān) means breakfast, the early meal of the day. It pairs with 午餐 (lunch) and 晚餐 (dinner) to name the three main meals.

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This word is part of lesson 36.