晚饭
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
晚饭 (wǎnfàn) · dinner
晚饭 (wǎnfàn) means “dinner”. It is written with 2 characters: 晚 (late) + 饭 (meal). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 晚饭 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)
饭 fàn · meal
What 饭 is made of
- 饣shí — food
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 反fǎn — reverse
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 又yòu — and
Origin hint: 饣 gives the meaning, 反 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
妈妈在做晚饭。Māma zài zuò wǎnfàn.Mom is making dinner.
你吃晚饭了吗？Nǐ chī wǎnfàn le ma?Have you had dinner?
Questions about 晚饭
What does 晚饭 mean?
晚饭 (wǎnfàn) means “dinner”.
How do you pronounce 晚饭?
晚饭 is pronounced wǎnfàn.
Which HSK level is 晚饭?
晚饭 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 晚上wǎnshangevening
- 晚安wǎn'āngood night
- 晚报wǎnbàoevening newspaper
- 晚餐wǎncāndinner
- 晚会wǎnhuìevening party
- 晚点wǎndiǎnlate
- 傍晚bàngwǎnevening
- 夜晚yèwǎnnight
- 晚wǎnlate
- 吃饭chīfànto eat a meal
Learn 晚饭 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 29: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.