开饭

開飯

kāifàn

verb #12,532

Meanings

1 to serve a meal
2 mealtime
3 dinner is ready

Characters

to open; to start

rice; meal; food

Examples

开饭了！大家过来吃吧。

Kāifàn le! Dàjiā guòlái chī ba.

Dinner is ready! Everyone come eat.

食堂十二点开饭。

Shítáng shí'èr diǎn kāifàn.

The cafeteria serves meals at twelve o'clock.

Tips

usage

开饭了 is the common way to announce that a meal is ready. Used both at home and in institutional settings like school cafeterias and military mess halls.

Stroke Order

开 kāi

饭 fàn