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饭店

fàn diàn · fan dian

Traditional 飯店

HSK 1Measure words: 家 jiā, 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. restaurant
  2. hotel
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Hotel or restaurant

  1. Leon

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)订(dìng)一个(yīgè)饭店(fàndiàn)，住(zhù)三天(sāntiān)。

    I want to book a fàndiàn for three days.

  2. Dengdeng

    订(dìng)饭店(fàndiàn)？你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)吃饭(chīfàn)还是(háishi)睡觉(shuìjiào)？

    Book a fàndiàn? Do you want to eat or sleep?

  3. Leon

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)睡觉(shuìjiào)。

    I want to sleep.

  4. Dengdeng

    有的(yǒude)饭店(fàndiàn)可以(kěyǐ)住(zhù)，但(dàn)大多数(dàduōshù)饭店(fàndiàn)是(shì)吃饭(chīfàn)的(de)。

    Some fàndiàn let you stay, but most are for eating.

  5. Leon

    中文(zhōngwén)太(tài)难(nán)了(le)！

    Chinese is too hard!

  6. Dengdeng

    别急(biéjí)，先(xiān)去(qù)饭店(fàndiàn)吃饱(chībǎo)，再(zài)睡觉(shuìjiào)。

    Don't worry. First eat your fill at a fàndiàn, then sleep.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)曾(céng)在(zài)一(yì)家(jiā)饭(fàn)店(diàn)工(gōng)作(zuò)过(guò)。

I once worked in a restaurant.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)去(qù)饭(fàn)店(diàn)吃(chī)晚(wǎn)饭(fàn)。

I wanna have dinner in a restaurant.

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

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饭
fàn

cooked rice; meal

店
diàn

inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store

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