便饭
biànfàn
a simple meal; informal meal
Characters in this word
饭 fàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 反 reverse, opposite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 董事长没有安排正式宴会，只请几位老同事在家里吃顿便饭。 Dǒngshìzhǎng méiyǒu ānpái zhèngshì yànhuì, zhǐ qǐng jǐ wèi lǎo tóngshì zài jiālǐ chī dùn biànfàn. The chairman did not arrange a formal banquet, but simply invited a few old colleagues to his home for a simple meal.
- 今天来我家吃顿便饭吧，没什么好菜。 Jīntiān lái wǒ jiā chī dùn biànfàn ba, méi shénme hǎo cài. Come over to my place for a simple meal today; nothing fancy.
- 只是一顿便饭，您别客气，随便坐。 Zhǐ shì yí dùn biànfàn, nín bié kèqi, suíbiàn zuò. It's only a simple meal, so please don't stand on ceremony and sit anywhere.
Related words
- 方便 fāngbiàn convenient
- 方便面 fāngbiànmiàn instant noodles
- 便宜 piányi cheap
- 随便 suíbiàn as one likes; casually
- 便利 biànlì convenient
- 便条 biàntiáo note
- 便于 biànyú to be convenient for
- 以便 yǐbiàn so that
- 便捷 biànjié convenient, fast
- 即便 jíbiàn even if, even though
- 便携式 biànxiéshì portable
- 粪便 fènbiàn faeces; stool