盒饭 (hé fàn) — boxed lunch, packed meal in a partitioned conta… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

boxed lunch, packed meal in a partitioned container

Measure word · 份

Examples

盒饭。
Wǒ zhōng wǔ zài gōng sī chī le yí gè hé fàn.
I had a boxed lunch at the office at noon.
盒饭，。
Wǒ yào mǎi yí fèn hé fàn, wǎn shàng chī.
I want to buy a boxed lunch and eat it in the evening.
盒饭。
Huǒ chē shàng de hé fàn bú tài hǎo chī.
The boxed lunch on the train isn't very tasty.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

盒 is a box and 饭 is a meal, naming food packed in a box.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飯; 饭 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

食食shífood

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

反fǎn飯fàn

Same sound today

The traditional form 飯 combines 食 (food) with 反 for the sound; the simplified 饭 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical form.

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HSK 3.0 Level 5 Food (General)

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