Chinese

中餐

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
Chinese cuisine; Chinese food
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 5

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  • characterChinese中 “middle; center”
  • characterChinese餐 “to eat”
    • soundChinese𣦼
    • meaningChinese食 “to eat; to have a meal; to take in”
      • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
        • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • ideaChinese皀 “Prepared food, a vessel full of food (as in 即 and 既, in which is simplified)”

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