用餐

Chinese

		to use	eat; meal
trad. (用餐)		用	餐
simp. #(用餐)		用	餐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòngcān

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄘㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ caan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iōng-chhan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòngcān
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄘㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòngcan
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-tsʻan¹
    • Yale: yùng-tsān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqtsan
    • Palladius: юнцань (juncanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶ caan¹
    • Yale: yuhng chāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ tsaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ can¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-chhan
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-tshan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngzhafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/

Verb

用餐

1. (formal) to have a meal; to dine

Synonyms

• 吃飯／吃饭 (chīfàn)
• 用膳 (yòngshàn) (formal)
• 進膳／进膳 (jìnshàn) (formal)
• 進食／进食 (jìnshí)
• 進餐／进餐 (jìncān) (formal)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 吃飯 (“to eat; to have a meal”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吃飯, 用飯, 用餐, 用膳, 進餐, 進食
Mandarin	Beijing	吃飯
	Taiwan	吃飯
	Tianjin	吃飯
	Chengde	吃飯
	Tangshan	吃飯
	Cangzhou	吃飯
	Baoding	吃飯
	Shijiazhuang	吃飯
	Chifeng	吃飯
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	吃飯
	Heihe	吃飯
	Qiqihar	吃飯
	Harbin	吃飯, 𠯪飯
	Jiamusi	吃飯
	Baicheng	吃飯
	Changchun	吃飯
	Tonghua	吃飯
	Shenyang	吃飯
	Dandong	吃飯
	Jinzhou	吃飯
	Dalian	𠯪飯
	Yantai	吃飯, 𠯪飯 dated
	Yantai (Muping)	吃飯
	Qingdao	吃飯
	Lijin	吃飯
	Jinan	吃飯
	Jining	吃飯
	Wanrong	吃飯
	Zhengzhou	吃飯
	Kaifeng	吃飯
	Xinyang	吃飯
	Baihe	吃飯
	Hanzhong	吃飯
	Xi'an	吃飯
	Baoji	吃飯
	Yinchuan	吃飯
	Tianshui	吃飯
	Lanzhou	吃飯
	Dunhuang	吃飯
	Xining	吃飯, 吃肚子
	Hami	吃飯
	Ürümqi	吃飯
	Wuhan	吃飯
	Yichang	吃飯
	Xiangyang	吃飯
	Tianmen	吃飯
	Hong'an	吃飯
	Chengdu	吃飯
	Nanchong	吃飯
	Dazhou	吃飯
	Hanyuan	吃飯
	Xichang	吃飯
	Zigong	吃飯, 幹飯
	Chongqing	吃飯
	Guiyang	吃飯
	Zunyi	吃飯
	Bijie	吃飯
	Liping	吃飯
	Zhaotong	吃飯
	Dali	吃飯
	Kunming	吃飯
	Mengzi	吃飯
	Guilin	吃飯
	Liuzhou	吃飯
Jishou	吃飯
Changde	吃飯
Anqing	吃飯
Xuzhou	吃飯, 剋飯
Fuyang	吃飯
Wuhu	吃飯
Yangzhou	吃飯
Lianyungang	吃飯
Lianshui	吃飯
Nanjing	吃飯
Hefei	吃飯
Nantong	吃飯
Malaysia	吃飯
Singapore	吃飯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	食飯
	Hong Kong	食飯
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	吃飯
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	食飯
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	食飯
	Taishan	吃飯
	Dongguan	食飯
	Yangjiang	吃飯
	Nanning	食飯
	Wuzhou	食飯
	Yulin	吃飯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	吃飯
	Hepu (Shatian)	吃飯
	Beihai	食飯
	Beihai (Nankang)	食飯
	Beihai (Yingpan)	吃飯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	食飯
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	食飯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	食飯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	食飯
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	食飯
	Móng Cái	食飯, ăn cơm
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	食飯
Gan	Nanchang	吃飯
	Pingxiang	吃飯
Hakka	Meixian	食飯
	Huiyang	食飯
	Yudu	食飯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食飯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食飯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食飯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食飯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食飯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	食飯
	Hong Kong	食飯
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	食飯
	Senai (Huiyang)	食飯
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	食飯
Huizhou	Jixi	吃飯
	Shexian	吃飯
Jin	Taiyuan	吃飯
	Yangyuan	吃飯
	Datong	吃飯
	Xinzhou	吃飯
	Lishi	吃飯
	Linfen	吃飯
	Changzhi	吃飯
	Linhe	吃飯
	Jining	吃飯
	Hohhot	吃飯
	Erenhot	吃飯
	Pingshan	吃飯
	Zhangjiakou	吃飯
	Handan	吃飯
	Linzhou	吃飯
	Suide	吃飯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	食飯
Southern Min	Xiamen	食飯
	Quanzhou	食飯
	Zhangzhou	食飯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食飯
	Shantou	食飯
	Shantou (Chenghai)	食飯
	Jieyang	食飯
	Bangkok (Teochew)	食飯
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	食飯
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	食飯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	食飯
	Singapore (Teochew)	食飯
	Leizhou	食糜
	Haikou	食糜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	食飯
Puxian Min	Putian	食暝, 食飯
	Putian (Donghai)	食暝, 食飯
	Putian (Jiangkou)	食暝
	Putian (Nanri)	食暝
	Xianyou	食暝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	食暝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	食暝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	吃飯
	Sanxiang	食飯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	吃飯
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	吃飯
Wu	Shanghai	吃飯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吃飯
	Suzhou	吃飯
	Danyang	吃飯
	Hangzhou	吃飯
	Wenzhou	吃飯
	Jinhua	吃飯
Xiang	Loudi	吃飯
	Quanzhou	吃飯
Note	In some dialects, 吃飯 is written as 喫飯.