吃飯

See also: 吃饭 and 喫饭

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (吃飯)		吃	飯
simp. (吃饭)		吃	饭
Literally: “to eat cooked rice (rice being such a staple, that it extends into generality)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīfàn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄈㄢˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): hek³ faan⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hiak¹ fan⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): qiq ve (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chīfàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄈㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyfann
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ fa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ faan⁶
  - Yale: hek faahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ faan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ fan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ fɑːn²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hiak¹ fan⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /hiak̚³³ fan³²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: qiq ve (T4)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ³³ v̻e̞⁴⁴/

Verb

吃飯

to eat

用筷子吃飯 / 用筷子吃饭 ― yòng kuàizi chīfàn ― to eat with chopsticks

他很喜歡吃飯。 / 他很喜欢吃饭。 ― Tā hěn xǐhuān chīfàn. ― He loves to eat.

你吃飯了嗎？ / 你吃饭了吗？ ― Nǐ chīfàn le ma? ― Have you eaten? (also a greeting)

你吃過飯嗎？ / 你吃过饭吗？ ― Nǐ chī guò fàn ma? ― Have you eaten? (also a greeting)

你吃飯了沒有？ / 你吃饭了没有？ ― Nǐ chīfàn le méiyǒu? ― Have you eaten? (also a greeting)
to have a meal

我想約你明天一起去吃飯，不知道你有沒有時間。 [MSC, trad.]
我想约你明天一起去吃饭，不知道你有没有时间。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ xiǎng yuē nǐ míngtiān yīqǐ qù chīfàn, bù zhīdào nǐ yǒu méiyǒu shíjiān. [Pinyin]
I'd like to invite you out to have a meal tomorrow, if you have time.
(dated) to make a living

你靠什麼吃飯？ / 你靠什么吃饭？ ― Nǐ kào shénme chīfàn? ― What do you do for a living?

我現在失業，除了交房租，還要吃飯啊，壓力大啊。 [MSC, trad.]
我现在失业，除了交房租，还要吃饭啊，压力大啊。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ xiànzài shīyè, chúle jiāo fángzū, hái yào chīfàn a, yālì dà a. [Pinyin]
I'm out of work at the moment. Apart from paying rent I also have to make a living; it's very stressful.

Usage notes

Chinese use the sentence

你吃飯了嗎？ / 你吃饭了吗？ ― Nǐ chīfàn le ma? ― Have you eaten?

as a greeting. Its function is equivalent to How’s it going? or How are you? in English.

Synonyms

(Cantonese, Hakka, Min) 食飯／食饭
(Min Nan) 唅飯／唅饭, 含飯／含饭

See also

喝 (hē)

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