Chinese symbol for “dinner”
晚餐
wǎn cān
evening meal; dinner; measure word: 份 (fèn), 顿 (dùn), 次 (cì)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dinner is 晚餐 (wǎn cān), defined as: evening meal; dinner; measure word: 份 (fèn), 顿 (dùn), 次 (cì).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dinner”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晚饭 (晚飯) | wǎn fàn | evening meal; dinner |
| 饮宴 (飲宴) | yǐn yàn | banquet; dinner |
| 夜饭 (夜飯) | yè fàn | (dialect) dinner; supper |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 晚餐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night |
| 今晚 | jīn wǎn | tonight |
| 昨晚 | zuó wǎn | yesterday evening; last night |
| 晚安 | wǎn ān | Good night!; Good evening! |
| 夜晚 | yè wǎn | night; 个 (gè) |
| 晚间 (晚間) | wǎn jiān | evening; night |
| 餐厅 (餐廳) | cān tīng | dining hall; dining room |
| 午餐 | wǔ cān | lunch; luncheon |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dinner”.
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.