食 (shí)
food/to eat (formal)
How 食 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Traditional
- 食
- Simplified
- 食 (unchanged)
食 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- shí
- to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse
- sì
- to feed
Common words using 食
- 美食 měishí
- culinary delicacy; fine food; gourmet food
- 零食 língshí
- between-meal nibbles; snacks
- 食品 shípǐn
- foodstuff; food; provisions
- 食物 shíwù
- food; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 主食 zhǔshí
- main food; staple (rice and noodles)
- 伙食 huǒshí
- food; meals
- 挑食 tiāoshí
- to be picky about food
- 甜食 tiánshí
- dessert; sweet
- 節食 jiéshí
- to save food; to go on a diet
- 糧食 liángshi
- foodstuff; cereals; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 素食 sùshí
- vegetables; vegetarian food
- 肉食 ròushí
- carnivorous
食 in a sentence
不要浪費食物。
Bùyào làngfèi shíwù.
“Don't waste food.”
How common is 食?
食 is the 670th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 81.9% of all running text.
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