cān guǎn
restaurant
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我在餐馆吃饭。
wǒ zài cānguǎn chīfàn.
I am eating at a restaurant.
这家餐馆的菜很好吃。
zhè jiā cānguǎn de cài hěn hǎochī.
The food at this restaurant is delicious.
我们去餐馆吃饭吧。
wǒmen qù cānguǎn chīfàn ba.
Let's go to a restaurant to eat.
饭店 (fàn diàn)
restaurant
酒楼 (jiǔ lóu)
restaurant
食堂 (shítáng)
canteen
饭店 (fàndiàn)
restaurant
The Chinese word 餐馆 (cānguǎn) for "restaurant" is a compound of two characters: 餐 (cān) and 馆 (guǎn). The character 餐 (cān) originally meant "to eat" or "food", and it is still used in this sense in modern Chinese. The character 馆 (guǎn) originally meant "a house" or "a building", and it is still used in this sense in modern Chinese. However, in the word 餐馆 (cānguǎn), the character 馆 (guǎn) has a more specific meaning of "a place where people eat".The word 餐馆 (cānguǎn) is first recorded in the 13th century, and it has been used continuously since then. It is the most common word for "restaurant" in modern Chinese, and it is used in both formal and informal settings.
