喜筵

xǐyán
noun #61,261

Measure Word

喜筵 chǎng

Meanings

  1. 1 wedding banquet
  2. 2 congratulatory feast
  3. 3 celebration banquet

Examples

Tāmen de xǐyán bǎi le sānshí zhuō.
Their wedding banquet had thirty tables.
Wǒ xià zhōu yào qù cānjiā biǎojiě de xǐyán.
Next week I'm going to my cousin's wedding banquet.

Tips

usage
Slightly more formal / written than the everyday 喜酒 (xǐjiǔ, lit. 'happy wine') or 婚宴 (hūnyàn, 'wedding banquet'). The character specifically means a formal feast laid out on bamboo mats.

Stroke Order

yán