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開飯

简 开饭 · 繁 開飯
Mandarin · pinyin kāi fàn

Meanings

  1. to start eating
  2. to serve a meal
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開
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
飯
fàn · cooked rice; food; meal
开
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
饭
fàn · cooked rice; food, meal
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1–4 · kai1 fan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 faan6

Cantonese word readings for 開飯. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hoi1 faan6

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb

  1. (verb-object) to start eating
  2. (verb-object) to serve a meal
  3. (figurative) to make a living

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