🍚 Having a meal

Unit 4 · Food, drink & shopping (HSK 1) · 8 min

吃饭 chīfàn means to eat / have a meal. A friendly greeting: 你吃饭了吗？ "Have you eaten?" — 吃了 "Yes." 了 le marks a completed action.

Words in this lesson

• 吃 (chī) — to eat
• 饭 (fàn) — meal; cooked rice
• 米饭 (mǐ fàn) — cooked rice
• 菜 (cài) — dish; vegetables
• 饭馆 (fàn guǎn) — restaurant
• 了 (le) — (completed action)

Project: Write in Chinese what you ate today.