午餐
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
午餐 (wǔcān) · lunch
午餐 (wǔcān) means “lunch”. It is written with 2 characters: 午 (noon) + 餐 (to eat). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 午餐 is built
The characters
午 wǔ · noon
What 午 is made of
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 干gàn — dry (gān)
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
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
我们十二点吃午餐。Wǒmen shí'èr diǎn chī wǔcān.We have lunch at twelve.
你的午餐是什么?Nǐ de wǔcān shì shénme?What's your lunch?
Questions about 午餐
What does 午餐 mean?
午餐 (wǔcān) means “lunch”.
How do you pronounce 午餐?
午餐 is pronounced wǔcān.
Which HSK level is 午餐?
午餐 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 上午shàngwǔmorning
- 午饭wǔfànlunch
- 下午xiàwǔafternoon
- 中午zhōngwǔnoon
- 午睡wǔshuìto take an afternoon nap
- 端午节DuānwǔjiéDragon Boat Festival
- 快餐kuàicānfast food
- 晚餐wǎncāndinner
- 西餐xīcānWestern food
- 早餐zǎocānbreakfast
Learn 午餐 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 33: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.