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进食

jìn shí

2-character word Traditional 進食

What 进食 means

1. to eat; to take food

The characters in 进食

• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed

Example sentences

• 你最好进食！
  Nǐ zuì hǎo jìnshí!
  You'd better eat!
• 进食前先洗手。
  Wash your hands before eating.
• 我们用口进食。
  We eat with our mouths.
• 这些进食模式是习得性行为。
  Zhèxiē jìn shí móshì shì xí dé xìng xíngwéi.
  These eating patterns are a learned behavior.

Sounds the same

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

• 禁食to fast; to abstain from eating; to forbid the eating of (certain foods)