HSK 2 · Eating out

西餐

xī cān

Western food

Stroke order of 西餐

2 characters, 22 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

西 · 6 strokes餐 · 16 strokes

Memory trick

西 is a bird in a nest at sunset in the west; 餐 is a meal: the western meal.

Parts: 西 west + 餐 meal

The characters in 西餐

西 xī — west (6 strokes)

Example sentence

晚上我们吃西餐吧。

Let's have Western food tonight.

Words with 西

东西thing; stuff 西west 西边west side 西医Western medicine 西方west; the West 西北northwest 西南southwest 西瓜watermelon 西部western part

Words with 餐

快餐fast food 中餐Chinese food 早餐breakfast 午餐lunch 晚餐dinner

More words: Eating out

饭馆restaurant 菜单menu 中餐Chinese food 早餐breakfast 午餐lunch 晚餐dinner 外卖takeaway; delivery food 请客to treat; to invite 干杯cheers; to drink a toast 做饭to cook 酒店hotel; restaurant 服务service; to serve

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