MEAL    餐

EATING TOGETHER, OR FOOD EATEN at ONE TIME.
SNACKINFORMAL BITE (TO EAT)SPREADBLOWOUTFEEDFORMAL REPASTCOLLATIONLITERARY REFECTION
Old Chinese Criteria
??? It is difficult to find a general term for a meal. See EAT.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 FOOD 2. 餐，通稱。 饔，早餐。飧，晚餐。 餔，漢代指申時的晚餐。 商代至南北朝，都是兩餐制；唐代起出現 “ 中飯 ” 等中餐詞語，標志三餐制開始產生；唐宋是兩餐、三餐交替時期；元代出現了 “ 一日三餐 ” 的觀念與詞語，標志三餐制正式形成。 SEE ALSO ASTRONOMY 27. 今一般誤將 “ 晏食 ” 作為與 “ 餔時 ” 相同或相近的時段。其實，晏食是古時段名，在 ‘ 蚤食 ’ 後、 ‘ 隅中 ’ 前，猶如稍晚的早餐時，屬於上午的時段名。 “ 餔時 ” 則為屬下午的時段名。
Modern Chinese Criteria
餐 一頓飯 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH
Hyponym
  • FEAST　MEETING of a GROUP of HUMANS:people FOR:in-order-to ENJOY OFTEN:typically FOOD, DIALOGUE AND ENTERTAINMENT. (anc: 15/0, child: 2)
  • DINNER　MOST IMPORTANT MEAL of the DAY OR EVENING MEAL. (anc: 15/0, child: 0)
  • LUNCH　MEAL EATEN IN the MIDDLE of the DAY. (anc: 15/0, child: 0)
  • BREAKFAST　MORNING MEAL. (anc: 15/0, child: 0)
See also
  • FEASTMEETING of a GROUP of HUMANS:people FOR:in-order-to ENJOY OFTEN:typically FOOD, DIALOGUE AND ENTERTAINMENT.
Hypernym
  • EAT　PUT into one's MOUTH so as to SWALLOW. (anc: 13/0, child: 3)
  • PUT　DISPLACE IN ORDER TO CAUSE TO BE-IN a PLACE. (anc: 12/0, child: 6)
  • DISPLACE　CAUSE to MOVE. (anc: 11/0, child: 28)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 5.41

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    FOOD/MEAL

    epulae is the general word referring to a meal of any kind.

    convivium refers to a social convivial meal.

    dapes refers to a religious meal as part of a religious service to the gods.

    epulum is a formal dinner party, prototypically in honour of someone, on a large scale, and with the presence of notables.

    commissatio refers to a lavish meal involving many courses of delicacies.

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 772

    Mahl:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 804

    Speisung von Beduerftigen:

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.169

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 177ff

  • Histoire des moeurs ( POIRIER 1991) p. 1.1447

  • Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ( BAECHTHOLD-STAEUBLI 1987) p. 6.1490

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no. 93

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO. 93

    • Words (7 items)

    齋  zhāi OC: tsriid MC: ʈʂɣɛi 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • n(vegetarian) meal; dinner; dinner party
    • viacteat a vegetarian meal
    食  shí OC: ɢljɯɡ MC: ʑɨk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmain meal
    飯  fàn MC: bjonX OC: bonʔ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmealCH
    火食  huǒ shí MC: xwaX zyik OC: qphaalʔ ɢljɯɡ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiacthave a cooked mealCH
    饋  kuì MC: gwijH OC: ɡruds 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabactmeal; the process of being served a mealCH
    酒食  jiǔ shí MC: tsjuwX zyik OC: skluʔ ɢljɯɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPelaborate meal served with alcoholCH
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmealCH