I. Pronunciation: fàn diàn

Second, the basic explanation:

1.[hotel]: A big hotel with good facilities.

2. [restaurant]: restaurant.

Generally, there are two explanations: <1> Most Chinese reference books such as Chinese dictionaries are interpreted as places with large scale and excellent internal facilities, which can provide accommodation, and similar names include hotels, hotels, etc. < 2 > Places that only provide food and drink. Similar names include restaurants, restaurants, etc. This item mainly explains and expounds the first meaning.

Third, the citation explanation:

1. Restaurant; Restaurant.

The fourth and third episode of Water Margin: "(likui jy) When he got to Sipai, he looked hungry and thirsty. There were mountain trails everywhere, but there was no hotel or restaurant." The strange situation witnessed in 20 years, chapter 24: "Because all I have is this sum of money, if I don't take it out, I won't be able to pay back the money owed by the inn and restaurant." Ai Qing's poem "Street": "Tofu shops are changed into hotels and grocery stores into hotels."

2. Inn; Hotel.

"The Scholars" back to the seventeenth: "There was no boat ride that day, only the right to stay in the hotel." Bing Xin's "Our Wife's Living Room": "As soon as the luggage is put in the hotel, I will look for you everywhere." Nowadays, it refers to larger and well-equipped hotels. Ba Jin's China People: "Our China writers' delegation met with local overseas Chinese at the Xin 'anjiang Hotel.

Fourth, the role of the hotel:

(1) As a special commodity, restaurants attract people to spend more money to enjoy things that they can't enjoy at home and elsewhere; By providing excellent services such as trade venues, conference venues, accommodation, catering, recreation and entertainment, we can make profits, which directly contributes to the development of the national economy.

(2) The hotel is a foreign trade operation mode of commodities that are not exported, and its exchange rate is higher than that of commodity exports to some extent. Therefore, hotels are an important industry to earn foreign exchange, which can help the country balance its foreign exchange expenditure.

(3) The hotel industry is a comprehensive service industry, and its vigorous development will inevitably promote the development of other industries in society, such as construction, furniture, decoration, textile, chemical industry, food processing and other industries. It has greatly promoted the active national economy.

(4) Modern hotels must use modern scientific and technological equipment and modern scientific management. What has not been achieved in China and the region must be introduced to advanced countries and regions, and other industries can learn, imitate and learn from them, which will inevitably drive other industries to move toward modernization.

The guests of the hotel come from all over the world, including people from all walks of life, scientists, artists, politicians, entrepreneurs, etc. Their visit can promote scientific and technological exchanges, cultural and artistic exchanges and economic exchanges, and at the same time enhance mutual understanding and friendship among people of all countries.

(6) The development of the hotel industry has expanded the scope of employment and provided a large number of employment opportunities for the unemployed in society.

There are quite a lot of hotels in the world. In order to promote sales and make it convenient for tourists to choose hotels, governments of various countries or organizations in the tourism industry divide hotels into different grades according to hotel facilities and other conditions.