饭
碗

Rice bowl in Chinese: 饭碗 (fàn wǎn)

fàn wǎn

rice bowl

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 飯碗1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1rice bowl
  2. 2fig. livelihood
  3. 3job
  4. 4way of making a living

Stroke order

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饭
碗

Zhuyin

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ㄈㄢˋ

fàn

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨㄢˇ

wǎn

ㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

饭碗

Simplified

飯碗

Traditional

Example sentences

See 饭碗 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他不小心打破了一个饭碗。

    tā bù xiǎo xīn dǎ pò le yí gè fàn wǎn。

    He accidentally broke a rice bowl.

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Related words

碗

wǎn

bowl

饭

fàn

cooked rice

饭馆

fàn guǎn

restaurant

米饭

mǐ fàn

(cooked) rice

吃饭

chī fàn

to have a meal

饭店

fàn diàn

restaurant

晚饭

wǎn fàn

evening meal

午饭

wǔ fàn

lunch

早饭

zǎo fàn

breakfast

做饭

zuò fàn

to prepare a meal

盒饭

hé fàn

meal in a partitioned box

便饭

biàn fàn

an ordinary meal

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