jung6 caan1用餐
Jyutpingjung6 caan1
Yaleyuhng chāan
Definition
To have a meal; to dine.
writtenfooddaily actions
How it's used
Carry a formal tone that is rarely used in casual, everyday speech between friends or family. It is most commonly encountered in written notices, restaurant signage, or formal service industry settings. In daily life, people prefer using 食飯 or 飲茶.
Examples
You should not talk loudly while dining in the restaurant.
What time are you all going to the hotel to have your meal?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this in casual settings as it sounds overly stiff or pretentious. It is strictly a formal verb and does not function as a noun for a meal itself.
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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.
