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吃饭 (chī fàn): To have a meal (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

吃饭 consists of 2 characters.

cooked rice or food in general

Word Info

Pinyinchī fàn

Meaningto have a meal

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0—

Syntaxverb

Word吃饭

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 吃饭.

Words with 吃

好吃hǎo chīHSK 2
吃惊chī jīngHSK 4
小吃xiǎo chīHSK 4
吃亏chī kuīHSK 5
吃力chī lìHSK 6
吃苦chī kǔHSK 6
大吃一惊dà chī yī jīngHSK 6
口吃kǒu chīHSK 7-9

Words with 饭

做饭zuò fànHSK 1
午饭wǔ fànHSK 1
早饭zǎo fànHSK 1
晚饭wǎn fànHSK 1
米饭mǐ fànHSK 1
饭店fàn diànHSK 1
饭馆fàn guǎnHSK 2
盒饭

hé fàn

HSK 5

3.

Example Sentences with 吃饭

bà爸

bà爸

zài在

chī吃

fàn饭

。

Dad is eating.

wǒ我

men们

qù去

fàn饭

diàn店

chī吃

fàn饭

。

We go to the restaurant to eat.

xiàn现

zài在

shì是

chī吃

fàn饭

de的

shí时

hòu候

。

wǒ我

men们

míng明

tiān天

yào要

qù去

nǎ哪

ér儿

chī吃

fàn

wǒ我

zhǔn准

bèi备

chī吃

fàn饭

。

I am preparing to eat.

wǒ我

zhèng正

zài在

chī吃

fàn饭

。

I am eating.

wǒ我

men们

wǎn晚

shang上

qī七

diǎn点

chī吃

fàn饭

。

wǒ我

men们

zhōng中

wǔ午

shí十

èr二

diǎn点

chī吃

fàn饭

wǒ我

men们

yì一

qǐ起

chī吃

fàn饭

。

We eat together.

wǒ我

men们

yì一

qǐ起

qù去

chī吃

fàn饭

ba吧

。

It's time to eat now.

饭

？

Where are we going to eat tomorrow?

We eat dinner at seven o'clock in the evening.

。

We eat at twelve noon.

Let's go eat together