用餐

yòngcān

verb HSK 7-9 #7,414

Meanings

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

HSK 2

请问几位用餐？

Qǐngwèn jǐ wèi yòngcān?

How many people will be dining?

HSK 2

我们在酒店用餐。

Wǒmen zài jiǔdiàn yòngcān.

We dined at the hotel.

HSK 5

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