中餐
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
中餐 (zhōngcān) · Chinese food
中餐 (zhōngcān) means “Chinese food; lunch”. It is written with 2 characters: 中 (middle) + 餐 (to eat). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 中餐 is built
The characters
中 zhōng · middle
What 中 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: A line 丨 through the center of a box 口 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
餐 cān · to eat
What 餐 is made of
- 歺è — evil
- ⺊ — structural part
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丶 — dot
- ⺊ — structural part
- 又yòu — (once) again
- 食shí — food
- 人rén — person
- 良liáng — good
- 丶 — dot
- 艮gěn — blunt
Origin hint: food (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我喜欢吃中餐。Wǒ xǐhuan chī zhōngcān.I like Chinese food.
你中餐吃了什么？Nǐ zhōngcān chī le shénme?What did you have for lunch?
Questions about 中餐
What does 中餐 mean?
中餐 (zhōngcān) means “Chinese food; lunch”.
How do you pronounce 中餐?
中餐 is pronounced zhōngcān.
Which HSK level is 中餐?
中餐 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 中国ZhōngguóChina
- 中间zhōngjiānmiddle
- 中文ZhōngwénChinese (written language)
- 中午zhōngwǔnoon
- 中学zhōngxuésecondary school
- 中学生zhōngxuéshēngsecondary school student
- 高中gāozhōngsenior high school
- 其中qízhōngamong them
- 心中xīnzhōngin one's heart
- 中级zhōngjíintermediate
Learn 中餐 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 32: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.