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4
cān
餐
meal
餐
meal
[s]
Composition
Components
食
food
食
food
campfire
campfire
Sounds
c-
Casper
c-
Casper
-an
pawn shop
-an
pawn shop
1
outside the entrance
1
outside the entrance
Pinyin
can1
•
cān
Meaning
Primary
meal
Alternatives
dines, dining, dine, food
Mnemonic
Updated October 8, 2026
[c-] Casper
is in
[1] front
of the
[-an] pawn shop
where he is having a
餐 meal
of ghost
食 food
. Holographic spaghetti, with some wine, is roasting over a
campfire
on the patchy lawn. What a fine
餐 meal
!
Similar Meaning Characters
shí
食
food
fàn
飯
meal
liáng
糧
provisions
shàn
膳
meal
Same Pronunciation
cān
參
to participate
Found In Words
kuàicān
快餐
fast food
cānguǎn
餐館
restaurant
cāntīng
餐廳
restaurant
cānzhuō
餐桌
dining table
cānjù
餐具
tableware
yěcān
野餐
picnic
wǎncān
晚餐
dinner
chībàwángcān
吃霸王餐
to dine and dash
fēngcānlùsù
風餐露宿
to rough it