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wǎn
🍜Essential

Meaning

Classifier for bowls of food, especially noodles, rice, and soup.

💡 Memory Tip

碗 is for anything in a bowl — noodles, rice, soup. Easy to remember!

Examples

一碗面
yī wǎn miàn
one bowl of noodles
两碗饭
liǎng wǎn fàn
two bowls of rice

Common Nouns Used With

miànnoodles
fànrice / meal
tāngsoup
zhōuporridge / congee
饺子jiǎo zidumplings

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