| 1 | 饭 | 飯 | fàn | fan4 | cooked rice; Classifiers: 碗 ; meal; Classifiers: 顿 ; (loanword) fan; devotee | | |
| 2 | 吃饭 | 吃飯 | chī fàn | chi1 fan4 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | | |
| 3 | 饭店 | 飯店 | fàn diàn | fan4 dian4 | restaurant; hotel; Classifiers: 家 | | |
| 4 | 晚饭 | 晚飯 | wǎn fàn | wan3 fan4 | evening meal; dinner; supper; Classifiers: 份 | | |
| 5 | 做饭 | 做飯 | zuò fàn | zuo4 fan4 | to prepare a meal; to cook | | |
| 6 | 早饭 | 早飯 | zǎo fàn | zao3 fan4 | breakfast; Classifiers: 份 | | |
| 7 | 午饭 | 午飯 | wǔ fàn | wu3 fan4 | lunch; Classifiers: 份 | | |
| 8 | 饭碗 | 飯碗 | fàn wǎn | fan4 wan3 | rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job; way of making a living | | |
| 9 | 饭菜 | 飯菜 | fàn cài | fan4 cai4 | food | | |
| 10 | 饭馆 | 飯館 | fàn guǎn | fan4 guan3 | restaurant; Classifiers: 家 | | |
| 11 | 米饭 | 米飯 | mǐ fàn | mi3 fan4 | (cooked) rice | | |
| 12 | 大锅饭 | 大鍋飯 | dà guō fàn | da4 guo1 fan4 | meal cooked in a large pot; communal meal; (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit | | |
| 13 | 要饭 | 要飯 | yào fàn | yao4 fan4 | to beg (for food or money) | | |
| 14 | 饭票 | 飯票 | fàn piào | fan4 piao4 | (lit. and fig.) meal ticket | | |
| 15 | 唯饭 | 唯飯 | wéi fàn | wei2 fan4 | fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band | | |
| 16 | 扒饭 | 扒飯 | pá fàn | pa2 fan4 | to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth | | |
| 17 | 炖饭 | 燉飯 | dùn fàn | dun4 fan4 | risotto | | |
| 18 | 吃大锅饭 | 吃大鍋飯 | chī dà guō fàn | chi1 da4 guo1 fan4 | lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom); fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance | | |
| 19 | 新疆手抓饭 | 新疆手抓飯 | xīn jiāng shǒu zhuā fàn | Xin1 jiang1 shou3 zhua1 fan4 | Xinjiang lamb rice | | |
| 20 | 手抓饭 | 手抓飯 | shǒu zhuā fàn | shou3 zhua1 fan4 | pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang); pilau | | |
| 21 | 茶余饭饱 | 茶餘飯飽 | chá yú fàn bǎo | cha2 yu2 fan4 bao3 | see 茶余饭后 | | |
| 22 | 便饭招待 | 便飯招待 | biàn fàn zhāo dài | bian4 fan4 zhao1 dai4 | to treat sb. with an ordinary meal (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 茶饭无心 | 茶飯無心 | chá fàn wú xīn | cha2 fan4 wu2 xin1 | no heart for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering; to have no appetite | | |
| 24 | 便饭 | 便飯 | biàn fàn | bian4 fan4 | an ordinary meal; simple home cooking | | |
| 25 | 茶饭不思 | 茶飯不思 | chá fàn bù sī | cha2 fan4 bu4 si1 | no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering; to have no appetite | | |