It'll soon be time for dinner.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
正餐
(regular) meal
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(regular) meal
02
full meal
03
main course
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 正餐 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 正餐 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
If you want to become thin, you should cut back on the between-meal snacks.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 正餐.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 正餐.
Directly before
- 两次正餐1
- 在正餐1
- 吃正餐1
Directly after
- 正餐间1
- 正餐以外1
- 正餐了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 正餐
What does 正餐 mean in Chinese?
正餐 (zhèngcān) means (regular) meal.
How do you pronounce 正餐?
正餐 is pronounced zhèngcān.
Is 正餐 an HSK word?
正餐 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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