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"我吃饭。"
Translation:I eat rice.
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Yes, here "吃饭" can just refer to the action of eating, even if it's not necessarily rice. 饭 can refer to rice specifically (as in 炒饭, fried rice) or to food in general (as in 打饭, to get food from a cafeteria, or 做饭, to cook).
So it should accept "I eat" as well, if it doesn't please report it!
Yeah, I thought it was 米饭 as well. 饭 is the fan in fan guan (饭馆) restaurant.
Hey guys! Just to say in some parts of China they consider 饭 to be rice. Other parts will say 米饭 is rice and 饭 is any type of food.
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Yes, you could say that. Yet in general, 饭 is the most common way of referring to food in all chinese communities;)
'I am eating' is also correct and accepted. I see in many cases Duo's translation is something basic and sticks to some archaic and not commonly used in actual speaking language words. However, it is still a fantastic app!
Cooked rice should be 米饭。if i said 我吃饭 in beijing, they would take it as "i eat a meal"
CLASSIFICATION OF CHINESE FOOD: 米饭 ------> Rice
饭 ---------> Literally any other food
"I eat meal" would not be said by an English speaker. "I am eating." "I'm having a meal." "I'm eating food." Those are all better options.
I'm just saying, 'meal' is better translation than 'rice'. 饭 is rarely accepted as rice in everyday Chinese. And 饭 doesn't translate into food. It usually means proper meal. 吃饭了没, doesn't mean rice at all.
English requires an article: "I eat a meal". (Technically it could also be "I eat meals", in which case there's no article but the object is plural.)
Oh Dear Lord, somebody please enlighthen me.. in other questions i put answer "eat" instead of "eats" and it is wrong. Now in this question, i put "eats" and it is "eat" whose right.
Your English is good but you seem to have skipped the basics.
"I eats" is never correct. "She eat" is also never correct. This is the most basic English verb conjugation.
我吃饭 = wo chi fan = I eat rice (In Peru, this meaning is related about fusion of Peruvian and Chinese food, it is called = chifa).
I translate this sentance to "I have a meal" and the answer is "I eat a meal". The answer sounds weird.
