晚餐
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
晚餐 (wǎncān) · dinner
晚餐 (wǎncān) means “dinner; evening meal”. It is written with 2 characters: 晚 (late) + 餐 (to eat). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 晚餐 is built
The characters
晚 wǎn · late
What 晚 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 免miǎn — to spare
- ⺈ — top shape
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Avoiding 免 the sun 日; 免 also provides the pronunciation (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
晚餐吃什么？Wǎncān chī shénme?What's for dinner?
我们七点吃晚餐。Wǒmen qī diǎn chī wǎncān.We have dinner at seven.
Questions about 晚餐
What does 晚餐 mean?
晚餐 (wǎncān) means “dinner; evening meal”.
How do you pronounce 晚餐?
晚餐 is pronounced wǎncān.
Which HSK level is 晚餐?
晚餐 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 晚饭wǎnfàndinner
- 晚上wǎnshangevening
- 晚安wǎn'āngood night
- 晚报wǎnbàoevening newspaper
- 晚会wǎnhuìevening party
- 晚点wǎndiǎnlate
- 傍晚bàngwǎnevening
- 夜晚yèwǎnnight
- 晚wǎnlate
- 快餐kuàicānfast food
Learn 晚餐 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 16: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.