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积食

jī shí

2-character word Traditional 積食

What 积食 means

1. (of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)

The characters in 积食

• 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed

Sounds the same

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

• 基石foundation stone; cornerstone; (fig.) basis; foundation

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jī shí correctly.
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