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
饭碗
fànwǎn
rice bowl; livelihood; job
Characters in this word
碗 wǎn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- Made of
- 石 stone, rock, mineral 宛 to seem
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 自动化并不必然砸掉工人的饭碗，关键在于培训能否跟上转型。 Zìdònghuà bìng bù bìrán zá diào gōngrén de fànwǎn, guānjiàn zàiyú péixùn néngfǒu gēn shàng zhuǎnxíng. Automation does not necessarily destroy workers' livelihoods; the key is whether training can keep up with the transition.
- 他不小心把饭碗摔在地上，碎成了好几块。 Tā bù xiǎoxīn bǎ fànwǎn shuāi zài dì shàng, suì chéng le hǎo jǐ kuài. He accidentally dropped the rice bowl on the floor and it broke into several pieces.
- 在这个行业里，好多人都怕丢了饭碗。 Zài zhège hángyè lǐ, hǎo duō rén dōu pà diū le fànwǎn. In this industry many people are afraid of losing their jobs.