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用餐

yòng cān · yong can

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to eat a meal
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Dining hours

  1. Dengdeng

    牌子(páizi)上(shàng)写着(xiězhe)，用餐(yòngcān)时间(shíjiān)，十一点(shíyīdiǎn)到(dào)两点(liǎngdiǎn)。

    The sign says: dining hours, eleven to two.

  2. Liangliang

    现在(xiànzài)是(shì)两点十分(liǎngdiǎnshífēn)，不能(bùnéng)用餐(yòngcān)了(le)。

    It is ten past two now. No more dining.

  3. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)能不能(néngbùnéng)在(zài)外面(wàimiàn)用餐(yòngcān)？

    Can we eat outside?

  4. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)主意(zhǔyi)，外面(wàimiàn)的(de)长椅(chángyǐ)可以(kěyǐ)用餐(yòngcān)。

    Good idea. We can eat on the bench outside.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)去(qù)买(mǎi)包子(bāozi)，在(zài)长椅(chángyǐ)上(shàng)用餐(yòngcān)吧(ba)。

    Then let us buy buns and eat on the bench.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

您(nín)是(shì)在(zài)这(zhè)儿(r)用(yòng)餐(cān)，还(hái)是(shì)给(gěi)您(nín)打(dǎ)包(bāo)带(dài)走(zǒu)？

Are you going to eat here or do you want us to wrap it?

Tatoeba: Chinese by khe · English by Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)全(quán)家(jiā)在(zài)餐(cān)厅(tīng)用(yòng)餐(cān)。

Our whole family is eating a meal in the restaurant.

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