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食

shí

HSK 5 Character

What 食 means

1. to eat
2. food
3. animal feed
4. eclipse

Other readings

食 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sìto feed (a person or animal)

Example sentences

• 弱肉强食。
  Ruòròuqiángshí.
  The weak are food for the strong.
• 我在节食。
  I'm on a diet.
• 她在节食。
  She is on a diet.
• 它是食物。
  It's food.
• 请自带食物。
  Qǐng zìdài shíwù.
  Please bring your own food.
• 你最好进食！
  Nǐ zuì hǎo jìnshí!
  You'd better eat!

Words starting with 食

• 食品shí pǐnfoodstuff; food; provisions
• 食物shí wùfood
• 食堂shí tángdining hall; cafeteria
• 食用shí yòngto eat; to consume; edible
• 食指shí zhǐindex finger; (literary) mouths to feed
• 食欲shí yùappetite
• 食客shí kèdiner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger
• 食谱shí pǔcookbook; recipe; diet
• 食宿shí sùboard and lodging; room and board
• 食物中毒shí wù zhòng dúfood poisoning
• 食粮shí liángfood cereals
• 食盐shí yánedible salt; table salt
• 食肉shí ròucarnivorous
• 食量shí liàngquantity of food one eats; food intake
• 食言shí yánto break one's promise
• 食道shí dàoesophagus; gullet; (old) the proper way to eat; (old) food transportation route
• 食疗shí liáo(TCM) food therapy; treatment via food
• 食人shí rénman-eating (beast); to eat people; fig. to oppress the people
• 食具shí jùtableware
• 食安shí ānfood safety (abbr. for 食品安全
• 食料shí liàofoodstuff
• 食水shí shuǐ(Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) drinking water
• 食法shí fǎcooking method
• 食管shí guǎnesophagus; gullet; (Taiwan) regulation of food safety and sanitation (abbr. for 食品卫生管理

Words containing 食

• 粮食liáng shifoodstuff; cereals
• 零食líng shísnack; nibbles
• 饮食yǐn shíeating and drinking; food and drink; diet
• 素食sù shívegetarian food; to eat a vegetarian diet
• 美食měi shículinary delicacy; fine food; gourmet food
• 绝食jué shíto go on a hunger strike
• 伙食huǒ shífood; meals
• 进食jìn shíto eat; to take food
• 主食zhǔ shístaple food
• 衣食yī shíclothes and food
• 面食miàn shífood made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc
• 膳食shàn shímeals; food
• 伙食费huǒ shí fèifood expenses; board expenses; meals (cost)
• 肉食ròu shícarnivorous
• 甜食tián shídessert; sweet
• 吃食chī shíto eat (of bird or animal); to feed
• 衣食住行yī shí zhù xíng(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom); (fig.) people's basic needs
• 觅食mì shíto forage; to hunt for food; to scavenge
• 副食品fù shí pǐnnon-staple foods; (Taiwan) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula)
• 节食jié shíto save food; to go on a diet
• 喂食wèi shíto feed
• 熟食shú shícooked food; prepared food; deli food
• 吸食xī shí(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc); (of a person) to take…
• 副食fù shínon-staple food

Characters that look like 食

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 肯kěnto agree; to consent; to be willing to
• 昔xīformer times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí
• 紊wěninvolved; tangled; disorderly

Sounds the same

Read shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 时o'clock; time; when
• 识to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì
• 十ten; 10
• 实real; true; honest
• 石rock; stone; stone inscription
• 蚀to nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode
• 什ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted; miscellaneous
• 拾to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 莳used in 莳萝
• 祏stone shrine
• 湜clear water; pure
• 炻stoneware