晚餐

See also: 晩餐

Chinese

		evening; night; late	eat; meal
trad. (晚餐)		晚	餐
simp. #(晚餐)		晚	餐

Etymology

mental deficiency

From the phonetic resemblance of English dinner to 低能 (dīnéng, “feebleminded”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wǎncān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄘㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wan³ can¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁵ caan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ván-chhôn / vân-chhôn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): boán-chhan / oán-chhan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mung² cang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎncān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄘㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎncan
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-tsʻan¹
    • Yale: wǎn-tsān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woantsan
    • Palladius: ваньцань (vanʹcanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: wan³ can¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uancan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uan⁵³ t͡sʰan⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁵ caan¹
    • Yale: máahn chāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁵ tsaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁵ can¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn¹³ t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ván-chhôn / vân-chhôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: van` con´ / van´ con´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van³ con¹ / van¹ con¹
    • Sinological IPA: /van³¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/, /van²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-chhan
    • Tâi-lô: buán-tshan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boafnzhafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /buan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-chhan
    • Tâi-lô: uán-tshan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnzhafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mung² cang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múng tshang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaŋ³³/

Noun

晚餐

1. supper; dinner (evening meal)

   老公天天晚餐後幫我沖蜂蜜水喝。 [MSC, trad.]
   老公天天晚餐后帮我冲蜂蜜水喝。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lǎogōng tiāntiān wǎncān hòu bāng wǒ chōng fēngmìshuǐ hē. [Pinyin]

   My husband makes honey with water for me to drink after dinner every day.

2. (neologism, slang) mental deficiency

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 晚飯 (“dinner (evening meal)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		晚飯, 晚餐, 晚膳, 夜膳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	晚飯, 後晌飯
	Taiwan	晚飯, 晚餐
	Harbin	晚飯, 晚上飯
	Shenyang	晚飯
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	晚飯, 晚上飯
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	夜飯
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	後晌飯
	Wanrong	後晌飯
	Zhengzhou	後晌飯, 黑家飯
	Xi'an	後晌飯, 黑咧飯
	Xining	黑飯
	Xuzhou	晚飯, 晚上飯
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	晚夕飯
	Lanzhou	黑飯
	Ürümqi	黑裡飯, 下午飯, 晚飯
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	夜飯, 晚飯, 晚餐
	Wuhan	晚飯
	Guiyang	晚飯
	Kunming	晚飯
	Guilin	夜飯
	Liuzhou	夜飯, 晚飯
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	晚飯
	Yangzhou	晚飯
	Nantong	夜飯
	Hefei	晚飯
Mandarin	Singapore	晚餐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	晚飯
	Hong Kong	晚飯, 晚餐, dinner
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	晚飯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	晚飯
	Macau	晚飯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	晚飯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	晚飯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	晚飯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	晚頭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	晚飯
	Foshan (Shunde)	晚飯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	晚飯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	晚飯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	晚飯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	晚飯
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	晚頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	晚黑飯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	晚黑飯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	晚黑飯
	Taishan	夜, 晏晝
	Kaiping (Chikan)	晏晝
	Enping (Niujiang)	晚夜
	Heshan (Yayao)	晚飯
	Dongguan	晚飯
	Shaoguan	夜飯
	Yangjiang	晚
	Xinyi	晚
	Lianjiang	晚
	Nanning	夜飯
	Wuzhou	夜飯
	Yulin	夜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	夜晚
	Danzhou	烏昏
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	晚飯, 晚餐
Gan	Nanchang	夜飯
	Lichuan	夜飯
	Pingxiang	夜飯
Hakka	Meixian	夜
	Xingning	夜
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	晚
	Huidong (Daling)	夜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	夜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	夜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	晚飯
	Wuhua (Meilin)	夜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	夜
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	夜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	夜
	Changting	暗
	Wuping	夜
	Wuping (Pingyu)	夜
	Liancheng	暗
	Ninghua	夜飯
	Yudu	夜晡, 暗晡
	Ruijin	夜
	Shicheng	夜飯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	夜飯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	夜, 暗餐, 夜餐, 晚餐
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	夜, 晚餐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	夜, 暗餐, 夜餐, 晚餐
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	夜, 暗餐, 晚餐
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	夜, 暗餐, 晚餐
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	夜, 暗頓
	Hong Kong	夜
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	夜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	夜
	Senai (Huiyang)	夜
	Singkawang	夜
Huizhou	Jixi	夜飯
Jin	Taiyuan	黑夜飯, 晚飯
	Xinzhou	黑勞飯, 黑夜飯
Northern Min	Jian'ou	暝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	暝
	Fuqing	暝
	Matsu	暝
	Singapore (Fuqing)	暝
Southern Min	Xiamen	下昏頓, 下昏, 暗暝頓, 暗暝, 暗頓, 暗
	Quanzhou	暗頓
	Zhangzhou	下昏頓, 暗頓
	Tainan	暗頓
	Penang (Hokkien)	暗頓, 暝頓
	Singapore (Hokkien)	下昏頓, 下昏, 暗頓, 暝頓
	Manila (Hokkien)	暗頓
	Chaozhou	暝昏
	Shantou	暝昏頓, 暝昏飯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	暝昏飯
	Leizhou	暝昏糜
	Wenchang	糜昏, 暝昏糜
	Haikou	暝昏糜, 暝昏
	Qionghai	暝昏糜, 暝昏
Puxian Min	Putian	暝
	Xianyou	暝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	麻昏飯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	夜飯
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	夜飯
Wu	Shanghai	夜飯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	夜飯
	Suzhou	夜飯
	Danyang	夜飯
	Hangzhou	夜飯
	Ningbo	夜飯
	Wenzhou	黃昏
	Jinhua	夜飯
Xiang	Changsha	夜飯
	Loudi	夜飯
	Shuangfeng	夜飯
	Quanzhou	夜飯

Derived terms

• 最後的晚餐／最后的晚餐 (Zuìhòu de Wǎncān)
• 燭光晚餐／烛光晚餐 (zhúguāng wǎncān)