Chinese symbol for “buffet”
自助餐
zì zhù cān
buffet; self-service meal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for buffet is 自助餐 (zì zhù cān), defined as: buffet; self-service meal.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “buffet”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 自助餐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 自由 | zì yóu | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted |
| 来自 (來自) | lái zì | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) |
| 自然 | zì rán | nature; natural |
| 自动 (自動) | zì dòng | automatic; voluntarily |
| 自身 | zì shēn | itself; oneself |
| 帮助 (幫助) | bāng zhù | assistance; aid; to help; to assist |
| 协助 (協助) | xié zhù | to provide assistance; to aid |
| 餐厅 (餐廳) | cān tīng | dining hall; dining room |
See also: Japanese symbol for “buffet”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.