ng5 faan6午飯午饭
Jyutpingng5 faan6
Yaleńgh faahn
Definition
Lunch; the midday meal.
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How it's used
People in Hong Kong rarely use the formal term 午飯 in casual conversation. Instead, they almost exclusively use the term 午餐 or the more colloquial 食晏 to refer to the midday meal. Using 午飯 can sound slightly stiff or like something written in a formal announcement or a newspaper.
Measure word
caan1餐chānExamples
Have you had lunch yet?
I want to have sushi for lunch today.
Related words
Common phrases
to eat lunch
Common mistake
Avoid using 午飯 as a verb. While you can say 食午飯, you cannot simply say 午飯咗 to mean 'had lunch'.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
