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開飯

简开饭 · 繁開飯

Mandarin · pinyin kāi fàn

to start eating
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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verb

(verb-object) to start eating
(verb-object) to serve a meal
(figurative) to make a living

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