faan6 teng1飯廳饭厅
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Definition
Dining room; a dining area in a home, which may sometimes be combined with the living room.
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How it's used
Modern Hong Kong apartments are often quite small, so the dining area is frequently integrated into the living room, known as 客廳. When people refer to a 飯廳, they are usually describing a distinct, dedicated space for eating, which is often considered a luxury feature in local real estate. If the space is just a corner of the living room, locals might simply call it 飯枱位 instead.
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Do you guys usually eat in the dining room?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 餐廳, which refers specifically to a commercial restaurant where you pay for a meal. Using 餐廳 to describe a room inside a private home will sound confusing to native speakers.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
