替餐

tìcān

noun

Measure Word

一份替餐 fèn

Meanings

1 meal replacement
2 meal-replacement food

Characters

to replace / substitute

Examples

她为了减肥，每天用替餐代替晚饭。

Tā wèile jiǎnféi, měitiān yòng tìcān dàitì wǎnfàn.

To lose weight, she uses a meal replacement instead of dinner every day.

替餐奶昔在年轻人中很流行。

Tìcān nǎixī zài niánqīngrén zhōng hěn liúxíng.

Meal replacement shakes are popular among young people.

Tips

memory

替 (tì) = 'to replace/substitute', 餐 (cān) = 'meal'. A near-perfect calque of English 'meal replacement'. Often appears as 替餐奶昔 (shake), 替餐棒 (bar), or 代餐 (dàicān, the more common synonym).

Stroke Order

替 tì

餐 cān