午饭 (wǔ fàn)

Character breakdown

• 午 (wǔ) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of a pestle used for pounding rice, now written as 杵. The current meaning "noon" is a phonetic loan.

• 饭 (fàn) · 7 strokes

  Simplified form of 飯. Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.

Example sentences

1. 这是你的午饭吗？ — Is this your lunch?
2. 汤姆订购了午饭。 — Tom ordered lunch.
3. 玛丽用5美元买了午饭。 — Mary paid five dollars for her lunch.
4. 他们在吃午饭。 — They are at lunch.
5. 你午饭吃的什么？ — What did you have for lunch?

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