进餐

進餐

jìncān

verb #15,963

Meanings

1 to have a meal
2 to dine

Characters

to enter; to advance

Examples

请到餐厅进餐。

Qǐng dào cāntīng jìncān.

Please go to the dining hall to eat.

病人需要按时进餐。

Bìngrén xūyào ànshí jìncān.

Patients need to eat on schedule.

Tips

register

进餐 is formal and literary. In everyday speech, use 吃饭 (chīfàn). You'll see 进餐 in hospitals, airlines, formal invitations, and written contexts.

Stroke Order

进 jìn

餐 cān