餐厅 (cāntīng) · restaurant

餐厅 (cāntīng) means “restaurant; dining hall”. It is written with 2 characters: 餐 (to eat) + 厅 (hall). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

How 餐厅 is built

The characters

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
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)

厅 tīng · hall

What 厅 is made of

厂chǎng — cliff
丁dīng — male adult

Example sentences

我们在学校餐厅吃午饭。Wǒmen zài xuéxiào cāntīng chī wǔfàn.We eat lunch in the school dining hall.

这家餐厅几点关门？Zhè jiā cāntīng jǐ diǎn guānmén?What time does this restaurant close?

Questions about 餐厅

What does 餐厅 mean?

餐厅 (cāntīng) means “restaurant; dining hall”.

How do you pronounce 餐厅?

餐厅 is pronounced cāntīng.

Which HSK level is 餐厅?

餐厅 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 4.

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Learn 餐厅 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 4: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.

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