晚饭 (晚飯)
wǎn fàn
Pinyin

Definition

晚饭 (晚飯)
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wǎn fàn
  1. evening meal
  2. dinner
  3. supper
  4. CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì],餐[cān]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今晚
jīn wǎn
  1. 1 tonight
春晚
Chūn Wǎn
  1. 1 abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會|春节联欢晚会[Chūn jié Lián huān Wǎn huì]
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 in the evening
晚安
wǎn ān
  1. 1 Good night!
  2. 2 Good evening!
夜晚
yè wǎn
  1. 1 night
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (8)

君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
大器晚成
dà qì wǎn chéng
  1. 1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
  2. 2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
  3. 3 Rome wasn't built in a day
早出晚归
zǎo chū wǎn guī
  1. 1 to leave early and return late (idiom)
为时不晚
wéi shí bù wǎn
  1. 1 it is not too late (idiom)
为时未晚
wéi shí wèi wǎn
  1. 1 it is not too late (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你这么说，我倒想起小时候爸妈工作忙，晚上都是我小姑姑接我放学，做晚饭给我吃。虽然她最近老是嫌我老公不长进……
nǐ zhèmeshuō ，wǒ dào xiǎng qǐ xiǎo shíhou bàmā gōngzuò máng ，wǎnshang dōu shì wǒ xiǎo gūgu jiē wǒ fàngxué ，zuò wǎnfàn gěi wǒ chī 。suīrán tā zuìjìn lǎoshi to be bothered by wǒ lǎogōng bù zhǎngjìn ……
Now that you say that, I remember when I was young and my parents were busy with work, my auntie would pick me up in the evening after school and make dinner for me. Although now she's always saying how she dislikes that my husband isn't progressing so well...
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你吃晚饭了没有？
nǐ chī wǎnfàn le méiyǒu ？
Have you eaten dinner yet?
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你眼前不就一堆人？告诉你，我们这儿还是有名的约会书店呢！小情侣吃了晚饭、看了电影，还不想回家，就跑来摆摆文艺青年的样子。别抱怨了，来帮我把这些书上架。
nǐ yǎnqián bù jiù yīduīrén ？gàosu nǐ ，wǒmen zhèr háishì yǒumíng de yuēhuì shūdiàn ne ！xiǎoqínglǚ chī le wǎnfàn 、kàn le diànyǐng ，hái bù xiǎng huíjiā ，jiù pǎo lái bǎi bai wényì qīngnián de yàngzi 。bié bàoyuàn le ，lái bāng wǒ bǎ zhèxiē shū shàng jià 。
Aren't there lots of people here right now? I'm telling you, this is a famous bookstore for dating! After couples have had dinner and gone to see a movie but they don't want to go home yet, they like to come here to keep up their hipster image. Stop complaining, help me put these books on the shelf.
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放心吧，妈！哇，今天晚饭好丰盛啊！
fàngxīn ba ，mā ！wā ，jīntiān wǎnfàn hǎo fēngshèng a ！
Don’t worry about it mom! Wow, tonight’s dinner looks sumptuous!
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妈，明天要加班，晚饭不回来吃了。
mā ，míngtiān yào jiābān ，wǎnfàn bù huílai chī le 。
Mom, tomorrow I need to work overtime. I won't be home for dinner.
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我都等不及要去了！要不我们先去“小白宫”吃晚饭？
wǒ dōu děngbùjí yào qù le ！yàobu wǒmen xiān qù “xiǎoBáigōng ”chī wǎnfàn ？
I can't wait any more! How about we go to the "Little White House" for dinner first?
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晚饭吃了吗？
wǎnfàn chī le ma ？
Have you had dinner?
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那少买点儿。晚饭吃什么？
nà shǎo mǎi diǎnr 。wǎnfàn chī shénme ？
Then don't buy too much. What will we eat for supper?
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可能是没吃晚饭，当我饿醒的时候，已经是晚上11点了。我想去学校对面的大排档随便吃点儿。
maybe shì méi chī wǎnfàn ，dāng wǒ è xǐng de shíhou ，yǐjīng shì wǎnshang shí yī diǎn le 。wǒ xiǎng qù xuéxiào duìmiàn de dàpáidàng suíbiàn chī diǎnr 。
Maybe it was because I hadn't eaten dinner, but when my hunger finally hit me, it was already 11 o'clock. I went downstairs and decided to go get a little something from the street vendors across from the school gate.
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哦。晚饭吃了吗？
ò 。wǎnfàn chī le ma ？
Oh. Have you eaten your supper?
Go to Lesson