Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 飯

cooked rice
CL:碗 (wǎn)
meal
CL:頓／顿 (dùn)
(loanword) fan
devotee

an unappealing and unsatisfying meal

food and drink

to eat
to have a meal

rice dishes (on menu)

to work for a living

pet food bowl
dog bowl

fried rice
(slang) (Tw) to have sex

leftover food

evening meal
dinner
supper
CL:份 (fèn),頓／顿 (dùn),次 (cì),餐 (cān)

(coll.) to mooch a meal

to serve (food)

lunch
CL:份 (fèn),頓／顿 (dùn),次 (cì),餐 (cān)

cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors
set meal

to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth

porridge; gruel; congee

pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang)

to roll rice balls

(coll.) (of rice) to rise well (with cooking)

meal in a partitioned box

to get or supply meals for a monthly rate; to board; to provide board

breakfast
CL:份 (fèn),頓／顿 (dùn),次 (cì),餐 (cān)

rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served)
(fig.) fathead
a good-for-nothing

dining table

rice in gravy, typically with meat and vegetables

rice paddle

to put some food aside for sb
to invite sb to stay for a meal
invitation to dinner

body double (in eating scenes)

person hired to lure customers to a restaurant

(coll.) to burst out laughing

(lit. and fig.) meal ticket

fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band

to cook

to fill a bowl with rice

lunchbox
mess tin

to serve a meal

fried sticky rice

dining hall
canteen
cafeteria

rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings)
onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball)

rice paddle

to beg (for food or money)

food

rice au gratin

lunch

to soak cooked rice in soup or water
cooked rice reheated in boiling water

bibimbap (Korean cuisine)

an ordinary meal
simple home cooking

plain cooked rice
rice with nothing to go with it

to prepare a meal
to cook

(cooked) rice

rice bowl
fig. livelihood
job
way of making a living

food given to Buddhist monks as alms

(coll.) to have a meal

to ask for food
to beg

to get food at a canteen

restaurant
hotel
CL:家 (jiā),個／个 (gè)

amount of food one eats
portion size

restaurant
CL:家 (jiā)

to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable)
(of a dish) to go well with rice

plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)

dining room
dining hall
mess hall

to have a meal
to eat
to make a living

food

rice with meat and vegetables

big restaurant

fan community
fandom

risotto

dinner party
banquet

to do prison time (Tw)

dining room for young schoolchildren unable to go home for lunch

set meal

(coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phrase used e.g. by movie viewers when a character dies)

to stir-fry leftover rice
fig. to rehash the same story
to serve up the same old product

to lead an idle life; to be a loafer

kept man

to eat plain rice
(fig.) to eat and not pay for it
to sponge off others
to freeload

New Year's Eve family dinner

pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang)
pilau

unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships
fig. poor-tasting meal

blueberry

tearoom
canteen
cafeteria

(coll.) to be incompetent
useless
good-for-nothing

to lose one's job

secure and lucrative job

rice omelet

to look for a job

secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)

rice with meat and vegetables

rice cooker

farewell dinner party

meal cooked in a large pot
communal meal
(fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit

to live off a woman

erhua variant of 飯館／饭馆 (fànguǎn)

half-cooked rice
(fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance
Taiwan pr. (jiàshengfàn)

electric rice cooker

cháyúfànbǎo

see 茶餘飯後／茶余饭后 (cháyúfànhòu)

sāncháliùfàn

lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)

shēngmǐshúfàn

abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯／生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
It's too late to change anything now.

fēnzàochīfàn

"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC

jiāchángbiànfàn

simple home-style meal
common occurrence
nothing out of the ordinary

cáncháshèngfàn

spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal
crumbs from the feast

bǎocānzhànfàn

to fill one's belly before the battle (idiom)

fànhòufúyòng

post cibum (pharm.)
to take (medicine) after a meal

cháyúfànhòu

leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)

jīdànchǎofàn

egg fried rice

shīzhōushěfàn

to provide alms and rice (idiom)

fànqìgōngxīn

food coma
postprandial somnolence

Dànchǎofànjié

Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)

cháfànwúxīn

no heart for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
to have no appetite

no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
to have no appetite

jiǔnángfàndài

wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing

Fàndǎoliǔyīng

(bird species of China) Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae)

cūchádànfàn

plain tea and simple food
(fig.) bread and water

cángēngshèngfàn

leftovers from a meal
fig. remnants handed down from others

zǐcàibāofàn

gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori)

chángqīfànpiào

(fig.) guarantee of financial support for the rest of one's life

kàncàichīfàn

lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom)
fig. to act according to actual circumstances

fànqiǔrúcǎo

lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
fig. to live in abject poverty

Chángchéng Fàndiàn

Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton 喜來登／喜来登)

jiǔzúfànbǎo

to have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content

chīqīngchūnfàn

to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)

chīdàguōfàn

lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance

hǎofànbùpàwǎn

好饭不怕晚

[好飯不怕晚]

the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten
the good things in life are worth waiting for

chīfànhuángdìdà

吃饭皇帝大

[吃飯皇帝大]

eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)

Xīnjiāngshǒuzhuāfàn

新疆手抓饭

[新疆手抓飯]

Xinjiang lamb rice

shēngmǐzuòchéngshúfàn

生米做成熟饭

[生米做成熟飯]

lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
It's too late to change anything now.
also written 生米煮成熟飯／生米煮成熟饭

chībǎolefànchēngde

吃饱了饭撑的

[吃飽了飯撐的]

having nothing better to do
see 吃飽撐著／吃饱撑着

rénshìtiěfànshìgāng

人是铁饭是钢

[人是鐵飯是鋼]

one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
an empty sack cannot stand upright

shēngmǐzhǔchéngshúfàn

生米煮成熟饭

[生米煮成熟飯]

the rice is cooked
what's done is done
it's too late to change anything now (idiom)

kàncàichīfàn,liàngtǐcáiyī

看菜吃饭，量体裁衣

[看菜吃飯，量體裁衣]

lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
fig. to act according to actual circumstances

fànhòuyīzhīyān,sàiguòhuóshénxiān

饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙

[飯後一支煙，賽過活神仙]

have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)

fànhòubǎibùzǒu,huódàojiǔshíjiǔ

饭后百步走，活到九十九

[飯後百步走，活到九十九]

walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)