膳 shàn meals
meals; provisions
怎么记住“膳”: 月 meat + 善 good = meals. At summer camp the kids cheer when the cook brings meat and good bread for the day's meals.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
膳 = 月 meat + 善 good
- 月 meat meaning
- 善 good sound
At summer camp the kids cheer when the cook brings meat and good bread for the day's meals.
How it came to be
The flesh gives the meaning and the sign for good the sound; the word first meant a meal made ready.
用法
- Formal word for meals/food provisions: 膳食 (shànshí) meals/diet, 用膳 (yòngshàn) to dine (elevated), 膳宿 (shànsù) board and lodging.
- Register is formal/institutional (menus, hotels, health guidance); ordinary speech uses 饭 (fàn).