"Dinner" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 晚餐 | wǎn cān | evening meal / dinner / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4] |   |
| 晚饭 | wǎn fàn | evening meal / dinner / supper / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1] | |
| 饮宴 | yǐn yàn | banquet / dinner / drinking party / feast | |
| 餐桌 | cān zhuō | dining table / dinner table / CL:張|张[zhang1] | |
| 宴会 | yàn huì | banquet / feast / dinner party / CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4] | |
| 请客 | qǐng kè | to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner | |
| 餐具 | cān jù | tableware / dinner service | |
| 应酬 | yìng chou | to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement | |
| 晚宴 | wǎn yàn | banquet / dinner party / soiree | |
| 聚餐 | jù cān | communal meal / formal dinner of club or group | |
| 宴请 | yàn qǐng | to entertain (for dinner) / to invite to dinner | |
| 晚点 | wǎn diǎn | (of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner | |
| 年夜饭 | nián yè fàn | New Year's Eve family dinner | |
| 饭局 | fàn jú | dinner party / banquet | |
| 饯行 | jiàn xíng | to give a farewell dinner | |
| 接风 | jiē fēng | to hold a welcoming dinner or reception | |
| 吃请 | chī qǐng | to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe) | |
| 餐刀 | cān dāo | table knife / dinner knife | |
| 饯别 | jiàn bié | to give a farewell dinner | |
| 饯 |  jiàn | farewell dinner / preserves | |
| 餐会 | cān huì | dinner party / luncheon | |
| 便宴 | biàn yàn | informal dinner | |
| 尾牙 | wěi yá | a year-end dinner for employees | |
| 便酌 | biàn zhuó | informal dinner | |
| 汤饼筵 | tāng bǐng yán | dinner party given on the third day after the birth of a baby (traditional) | |
| 留饭 | liú fàn | to put some food aside for sb / to invite sb to stay for a meal / invitation to dinner | |
| 讌會 | yàn huì | variant of 宴會|宴会, banquet / feast / dinner party | |
| 散伙饭 | sàn huǒ fàn | farewell dinner party | |
| 吃拿卡要 | chī ná qiǎ yào | dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes / all kinds of abuse of power | |
| 上菜秀 | shàng cài xiù | dinner show / dinner and floor show | |
| 出菜秀 | chū cài xiù | dinner show / dinner and floor show | |
| 家宴 | jiā yàn | dinner party held in one's home / family reunion dinner | |
| 围炉 | wéi lú | to gather around the stove / (Tw) to come together for a family dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve | |
