dinner; supper (dialect)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
dinner; supper; evening meal
dialectChiefly used in Wu dialect (e.g., Shanghai) and other southern Chinese dialects. In Standard Mandarin, 晚饭 or 晚餐 is preferred.
Yè夜
fàn饭
chī吃
guò过
le了
ma吗
？
Have you had dinner yet?
Mā妈
ma妈
zhèng正
zài在
shāo烧
yè夜
fàn饭
。
Mom is cooking dinner right now.
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Yè夜
fàn饭
yào要
duō多
chī吃
diǎn点
shū蔬
cài菜
。
You should eat more vegetables at dinner.