饭店 fàndiàn restaurant
restaurant; hotel
How to remember 饭店: 饭 meal + 店 shop = restaurant.
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How it is used
- Depending on region, a restaurant or a hotel - 去饭店吃饭 (qù fàndiàn chīfàn) go eat at a restaurant.
- Big-city usage often means a sizable hotel (北京饭店); a plain eatery is more clearly 餐厅 or 饭馆.
- Context and the verb (eat vs stay) usually settle which sense.
Example sentences
- 我们的饭店是最好的。 Wǒmen de fàndiàn shì zuìhǎo de.Our restaurant is the best.
- 我们的饭店比那家饭店好。 Wǒmen de fàndiàn bǐ nàjiā fàndiàn hǎo.Our restaurant is better than that restaurant.
- 南边有饭店。 Nánbiān yǒu fàndiàn.There is a hotel at the south end.