| 飯 | 1132C50 81B.82-9 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄈㄢˋ [fan4] | ||
| N. | (1) Rice: 白米飯 white cooked rice; 乾飯 usu. rice, opp. 稀飯 gruel, congee; 炒飯 fried rice; 炒冷飯 (coll.) piping on an old theme, old talk; 蒸飯 steamed rice; 飯 (米) 粒兒，飯巴粒兒， grains of rice. (2) Meal: 一天三餐飯 three meals a day; 飯後 after meal; 早飯，午飯，晚飯 breakfast, lunch, supper; 吃飯 eat; 沒飯吃 go without meals; 做飯 cook a meal; 開飯 dinner is served; 擺飯 lay table for dinner; 包飯 take board by the month; 討飯 be beggar; 飯店，飯館，飯廳，飯車 [fan4dian4], [fan4guan3], [fan4ting1], [fan4che1]↓; 飯來開口 of those who eat and will not work. (3) Profession, means of living: 吃這口飯 to be in this profession; 這口飯不容易吃 it is difficult to make this kind of a living; 混飯吃 just to make a living somehow. | |||||
| V.t. | (LL) to feed: 飯牛 feed cattle; 飯僧 give food to monks. | |||||
| Words | 1. 飯車 [fan4che1], n., dining car. 2. 飯袋 [fan4dai4], n., esp. 酒囊飯袋 useless person good only for feasting and drinking (“rice bag”). 3. 飯店 [fan4dian4], n., food shop, restaurant; now also used for big hotels (大飯店). 4. 飯館 [fan4guan3], n., restaurant. 5. 飯鍋 [fan4guo1], n., pot for boiling rice. 6. 飯盒 (兒) [fan4he2er0], n., lunch basket. 7. 飯莊 [fan4zhuang1], n., (dial.) restaurant. 8. 飯局 [fan4jU2], n., dinner party. 9. 飯量 [fan4liang4], n., appetite, eating capacity. 10. 飯粒 [fan4li4], n., grains of rice. 11. 飯落兒 [fan4luo4er0], n., (coll.) means of living, where meals come from. 12. 飯票 [fan4piao4], n., food ration: 這下子你可有長期飯票了 now you have a permanent job (means of living); (coll. usu. of girl) getting married as a means of security. 13. 飯食 [fan4shi2], n., (1) meals in general; (2) a rice meal. 14. 飯廳 [fan4ting1], n., dining room. 15. 飯菜 [fan4cai4], n., meal as a whole. 16. 飯桶 [fan4tong3], n., (derog.) “rice bucket,” good-for-nothing, a stupid person. 17. 飯座兒 [fan4zuo4er0], n., customer at restaurant. 18. 飯碗 (兒) (子) [fan4wan3] ([fan4wa3er0], [wan3zi0]), rice bowl, means of living: 打破飯碗 lose one's job. | |||||