| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 白飯 | 白饭 | bái fàn | plain cooked rice; rice with nothing to go with it |
| 包飯 | 包饭 | bāo fàn | get or supply meals at a fixed rate; board |
| 便飯 | 便饭 | biàn fàn | a simple meal; potluck |
| 炒飯 | 炒饭 | chǎo fàn | fried rice |
| 吃飯 | 吃饭 | chī fàn | to eat a meal |
| 大鍋飯 | 大锅饭 | dà guō fàn | (n) food made in a large wok in a mess hall; (idiom) a term used to refer to equal treatment |
| 電飯煲 | 电饭煲 | diàn fàn bào | rice cooker |
| 丟飯碗 | 丢饭碗 | diū fàn wǎn | to lose one's job |
| 飯 | 饭 | fàn | food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal |
| 飯店 | 饭店 | fàn diàn | restaurant |
| 飯館 | 饭馆 | fàn guǎn | restaurant |
| 飯廳 | 饭厅 | fàn tīng | dining room |
| 飯糰 | 饭团 | fàn tuán | onigiri (Japanese snack) |
| 飯碗 | 饭碗 | fàn wǎn | rice bowl; job; livelihood; way of making a living |
| 飯塚市 | 饭冢市 | Fàn zhǒng shì | Iizuka, Fukuoka |
| 蓋飯 | 盖饭 | gài fàn | rice with meat and vegetables |
| 開飯 | 开饭 | kāi fàn | serve a meal |
| 盧旺達飯店 | 卢旺达饭店 | Lú wàng dá fàn diàn | Hotel Rwanda |
| 米飯 | 米饭 | mǐ fàn | (cooked) rice |
| 年夜飯 | 年夜饭 | nián yè fàn | New Year's Eve family dinner |
| 台北君悅大飯店 | 台北君悦大饭店 | Tái běi jūn yuè dà fàn diàn | Grand Hyatt Taipei |
| 討飯 | 讨饭 | tǎo fàn | beg for food |
| 鐵飯碗 | 铁饭碗 | tiě fàn wǎn | "iron rice bowl" -- secure employment |
| 晚飯 | 晚饭 | wǎn fàn | supper |
| 午飯 | 午饭 | wǔ fàn | lunch |
| 稀飯 | 稀饭 | xī fàn | porridge; gruel |
| 要飯 | 要饭 | yào fàn | beg (for food or money) |
| 意大利調味飯 | 意大利调味饭 | Yì dà lì tiáo wèi fàn | risotto |
| 早飯 | 早饭 | zǎo fàn | breakfast |
| 中飯 | 中饭 | zhōng fàn | lunch |
| 抓飯 | 抓饭 | zhuā fàn | a kind of food popular among believers in Islam |
| 做飯 | 做饭 | zuò fàn | (v) to cook |
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