# 晚餐
## Chinese
### Etymology
#### mental deficiency

    From the phonetic resemblance of English dinner to 低能 (dīnéng, “feebleminded”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): wǎncān
       (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄘㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wan$^3$ can$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maan$^5$ caan$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ván-chhôn / vân-chhôn
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): boán-chhan / oán-chhan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mung$^2$ cang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wǎncān
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄘㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wǎncan
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^3$-tsʻan$^1$
*** Yale: wǎn-tsān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woantsan
*** Palladius: ваньцань (vanʹcanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: wan$^3$ can$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uancan
*** Sinological IPA : /uan⁵³ t͡sʰan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maan$^5$ caan$^1$
*** Yale: máahn chāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maan$^5$ tsaan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: man$^5$ can$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːn¹³ t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ván-chhôn / vân-chhôn
*** Hakka Romanization System: van$^ˋ$ con$^ˊ$ / van$^ˊ$ con$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: van$^3$ con$^1$ / van$^1$ con$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /van³¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/, /van²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-chhan
*** Tâi-lô: buán-tshan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boafnzhafn
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /buan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰan³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-chhan
*** Tâi-lô: uán-tshan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oafnzhafn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰan³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mung$^2$ cang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múng tshang
*** Sinological IPA : /muŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaŋ³³/

### Noun

晚餐
* supper; dinner (evening meal)
       Lǎogōng tiāntiān wǎncān hòu bāng wǒ chōng fēngmìshuǐ hē. [Pinyin]
       My husband makes honey with water for me to drink after dinner every day.
* (neologism, slang) mental deficiency

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 晚飯, 晚餐, 晚膳, 夜膳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 晚飯, 後晌飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 晚飯, 晚餐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 晚飯, 晚上飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 晚飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 晚餐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 晚飯, 晚上飯 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 夜飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 後晌飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 後晌飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 後晌飯, 黑家飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 後晌飯, 黑咧飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 黑飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 晚飯, 晚上飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 晚夕飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 黑飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 黑裡飯, 下午飯, 晚飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 夜飯, 晚飯, 晚餐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 晚飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 晚飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 晚飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 夜飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 夜飯, 晚飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 晚飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 晚飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 夜飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 晚飯, 晚餐, dinner |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 晚黑飯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 晚黑飯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 晚黑飯 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 夜, 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 晚夜 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 晚飯 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 夜飯 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 晚 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 晚 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 晚 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 夜飯 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 夜飯 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 夜 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 烏昏 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 晚飯, 晚餐 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 夜飯 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 夜飯 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 夜飯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 夜 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 夜 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 晚 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 晚飯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Changting | 暗 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 夜 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 暗 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 夜飯 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 夜晡, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 夜 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 夜飯 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 夜飯 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 夜, 暗餐, 夜餐, 晚餐 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 夜, 晚餐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 夜, 暗餐, 夜餐, 晚餐 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 夜, 暗餐, 晚餐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 夜, 暗餐, 晚餐 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 夜, 暗頓 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 夜 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 夜 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 夜飯 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 黑夜飯, 晚飯 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 黑勞飯, 黑夜飯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 暝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 暝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 暝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 暝 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 暝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 下昏頓, 下昏, 暗暝頓, 暗暝, 暗頓, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 暗頓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 下昏頓, 暗頓 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 暗頓 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 暗頓, 暝頓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 下昏頓, 下昏, 暗頓, 暝頓 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 暗頓 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 暝昏頓, 暝昏飯 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 暝昏飯 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 暝昏糜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 糜昏, 暝昏糜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 暝昏糜, 暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 暝昏糜, 暝昏 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 暝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 暝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 麻昏飯 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 夜飯 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 夜飯 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 夜飯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 夜飯 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 夜飯 |
| Wu | Danyang | 夜飯 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 夜飯 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 夜飯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 黃昏 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 夜飯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 夜飯 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 夜飯 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 夜飯 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 夜飯 |

#### Derived terms

* 最後的晚餐／最后的晚餐 (Zuìhòu de Wǎncān)
* 燭光晚餐／烛光晚餐 (zhúguāng wǎncān)