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餐 - cān

eat, dine; meal; food

eat, dine; meal; food

How to read 餐

Click 餐 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyincān
Englisheat, dine; meal; food
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

餐具 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 餐刀. Please read 餐室 one more time.

Common words with this character

tableware; dinner service
table knife; dinner knife
dining room
banquet

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 餐 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 餐具 and 餐刀 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 餐.