早饭
zǎofàn
breakfast
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
早early
Show part origins
飯meal
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Examples
- 我吃了早饭。I had breakfast.
- 早饭吃面包。Bread for breakfast.
Collocations
吃早饭准备早饭没吃早饭
Mnemonic
早饭 zǎofàn "breakfast" — 早 (early) + 饭 (meal/rice). 早餐 zǎocān is a more formal alternative. Japanese 朝食 chōshoku splits sky/sun-and-eat; the Chinese pattern "time + 饭" is uniform.
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Formal "breakfast"?