用餐

yòngcān

verb HSK 7-9 #7,414

Meanings

Use/have + meal — to dine, a formal way of saying 'to eat a meal'.

请问几位用餐？

Qǐngwèn jǐ wèi yòngcān?

How many people will be dining?

我们在酒店用餐。

Wǒmen zài jiǔdiàn yòngcān.

We dined at the hotel.

用餐时间到了，大家去餐厅吧。

Yòngcān shíjiān dào le, dàjiā qù cāntīng ba.

It's mealtime, let's all go to the dining hall.

用餐 is a formal/polite way to say 'eat'. Restaurant staff say 用餐 to customers. Among friends, use 吃饭 (chīfàn) instead.

用 yòng

餐 cān