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主食

zhǔ shí

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

主食 (zhǔ shí) means "staple food". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 主食 means

1. staple food

The characters in 主食

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed

Example sentences

• 我们日本人以米饭为主食。
  Wǒmen Rìběnrén yǐ mǐfàn wéi zhǔshí.
  We Japanese live on rice.
• 大部分日本人都以米饭为主食。
  Dàbùfen Rìběnrén dōu yǐ mǐfàn wéi zhǔshí.
  Most Japanese live on rice.
• 在各大土耳其餐馆，烤羊肉串是主食。
  Zài gè dà Tǔ'ěrqí cānguǎn, kǎo yángròuchuàn shì zhǔshí.
  In various Turkish restaurants, shishkabob is the main food.

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