| 餐 | cān | eat; meal |
| 聚餐 | jù cān | communal meal; formal dinner of club or group |
| 餐厅 | cān tīng | dining-hall; dining-room; restaurant; CL:间,家 |
| 餐具 | cān jù | tableware; dinner service |
| 早餐 | zǎo cān | breakfast; CL:份,顿,次 |
| 就餐 | jiù cān | to dine |
| 中餐 | zhōng cān | Chinese meal; Chinese food; CL:份,顿 |
| 快餐 | kuài cān | fast food; snack; quick meal |
| 晚餐 | wǎn cān | evening meal; dinner; CL:份,顿,次 |
| 西餐 | xī cān | Western-style food; CL:份,顿 |
| 餐车 | cān chē | dining car; diner |
| 中国餐馆症候群 | Zhōng guó cān guǎn zhèng hòu qún | Chinese restaurant syndrome |
| 中餐馆 | Zhōng cān guǎn | Chinese restaurant |
| 佐餐 | zuǒ cān | (of food) accompaniment |
| 共餐青年团 | gòng cān qīng nián tuán | youth league |
| 冷餐 | lěng cān | cold meal; cold food |
| 分餐 | fēn cān | separate meals; to eat individually, not in common cafeteria |
| 午餐 | wǔ cān | lunch; luncheon; CL:份,顿,次 |
| 午餐会 | wǔ cān huì | luncheon |
| 吃霸王餐 | chī bà wáng cān | to dine and dash; to leave without paying |
| 大餐 | dà cān | great meal; banquet |
| 套餐 | tào cān | set meal; set plan (e.g. fixed number of cell phone minutes per month) |
| 店内用餐 | diàn nèi yòng cān | eat-in (rather than take-way) at fast-food store |
| 废寝忘餐 | fèi qǐn wàng cān | to neglect sleep and food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work |
| 忘餐 | wàng cān | to forget one's meals |
| 快餐交友 | kuài cān jiāo yǒu | speed dating |
| 快餐店 | kuài cān diàn | fast food shop |
| 快餐部 | kuài cān bù | snack bar; buffet |
| 旋转餐厅 | xuán zhuǎn cān tīng | revolving restaurant |
| 最后晚餐 | zuì hòu wǎn cān | the Last Supper (in the biblical Passion story) |
| 最后的晚餐 | zuì hòu de wǎn cān | the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story) |
| 牛排餐厅 | niú pái cān tīng | steakhouse; chophouse |
| 用餐 | yòng cān | to eat a meal |
| 用餐时间 | yòng cān shí jiān | meal times |
| 百胜餐饮 | bǎi shèng cān yǐn | Tricon Global Restaurants (incl. Pizza Hut and KFC) |
| 百胜餐饮集团 | bǎi shèng cān yǐn jí tuán | Tricon Global Restaurants (incl. Pizza Hut and KFC) |
| 百乐餐 | bǎi lè cān | potluck meal |
| 盘餐 | pán cān | side dish |
| 圣餐 | shèng cān | Holy communion (of the Christian mass); sacrament |
| 圣餐台 | shèng cān tái | (Christian) altar |
| 自助餐 | zì zhù cān | buffet; self-service meal |
| 送餐 | sòng cān | home delivery of meal |
| 速食餐厅 | sù shí cān tīng | fast food shop |
| 配餐 | pèi cān | catering |
| 野餐 | yě cān | picnic |
| 集餐 | jí cān | to eat from a common pot; communal cafeteria |
| 飞机餐 | fēi jī cān | airplane meal (GM) |
| 饱餐 | bǎo cān | to eat and eat; to stuff oneself |
| 饱餐一顿 | bǎo cān yī dùn | to eat one's fill; to be full |
| 餐室 | cān shì | dining room |
