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禁食

jìn shí

2-character word

What 禁食 means

1. to fast
2. to abstain from eating
3. to forbid the eating of (certain foods)
4. a fast

The characters in 禁食

• 禁jìnto prohibit; to forbid
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed

Example sentences

• 你上次禁食是什么时候？
  Nǐ shàngcì jìnshí shì shénmeshíhou?
  When was the last time you fasted?
• 你上次禁食是什幺时候？
  When was the last time you fasted?

Sounds the same

Read jìn shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 进食to eat; to take food