食
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
sì si4
Example sentences
- The Japanese live on rice and fish.
- How do you find food in outer space?
HSK words with 食
- 食物 shíwù food
- 食品 shípǐn foodstuff; food; provisions
- 美食 měishí culinary delicacy
- 粮食 liángshi foodstuff
- 食堂 shítáng dining hall; cafeteria
- 零食 língshí between-meal nibbles
- 饮食 yǐnshí eating and drinking
- 食欲 shíyù appetite
- 食用 shíyòng to eat; to consume
- 素食 sùshí vegetarian food
- 伙食 huǒshí food
- 膳食 shànshí meals; food
- 食宿 shísù board and lodging
- 主食 zhǔshí staple food
- 衣食住行 yīshízhùxíng clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs
- 废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)
- 节衣缩食 jiéyīsuōshí to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally