用餐
yòng cān
Pinyin

Definition

用餐
 - 
yòng cān
  1. to eat a meal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not
中餐
Zhōng cān
  1. 1 Chinese meal
  2. 2 Chinese food
  3. 3 classifier: 份 fèn
  4. 4 classifier: 顿 dùn
享用
xiǎng yòng
  1. 1 to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)

Idioms (20)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn
  1. 1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
别无他用
bié wú tā yòng
  1. 1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]

Sample Sentences

法国人觉得用餐礼仪很重要，例如用餐前尽量别移动桌上的摆设，服务生会为你服务。
Fǎguórén juéde yòngcān lǐyí hěn zhòngyào ，lìrú yòngcān qián jǐnliàng bié yídòng zhuō shàng de bǎishè ，fúwùshēng huì wèi nǐ fúwù 。
French people think that table manners are very important, such as not moving the decoration on the table before eating because the waiter will serve you.
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你真是太老土了。我倒觉得吃自助挺卫生的，先取好菜再用餐，就不用和别人的筷子一起在菜里搅来搅去的了。
nǐ zhēn shì tài lǎotǔ le 。wǒ dǎo juéde chī zìzhù tǐng wèishēng de ，xiān qǔ hǎo cài zài yòngcān ，jiù bùyòng hé biéren de kuàizi yīqǐ zài cài lǐ jiǎo lái jiǎo qù de le 。
You’re too old fashioned. On the contrary I think a buffet meal is hygienic. You don’t have to mix your chopsticks with other people’s in the same dish.
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