How to Say ‘Dinner’ in Traditional Chinese
晚餐
💬 Usage Tip: Literally 'evening meal', it signals the main meal of the day.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Dinner is a key time for family bonding and often includes multiple small dishes.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
晚餐
[wǎn cān]
dinner
Refers to the evening meal.
我們今晚的晚餐已經預訂了。
Our dinner for tonight has been reserved.
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