| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 食 | 食 | shí | - to eat - food - animal feed - eclipse |
| 食 | 食 | sì | - to feed |
| 主食 | 主食 | zhǔshí | - main food - staple (rice and noodles) |
| 乞食 | 乞食 | qǐshí | - to beg for food |
| 伙食 | 伙食 | huǒshí | - food - meals |
| 偏食 | 偏食 | piānshí | - partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) - having likes and dislikes - partial eclipse |
| 停食 | 停食 | tíngshí | - (of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM) |
| 全食 | 全食 | quánshí | - total eclipse |
| 冗食 | 冗食 | rǒngshí | - eating without working |
| 副食 | 副食 | fùshí | - non-staple food - CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| 即食 | 即食 | jíshí | - instant (food) |
| 厌食 | 厭食 | yànshí | - anorexia |
| 可食 | 可食 | kěshí | - edible |
| 吃食 | 吃食 | chīshí | - to eat (of bird or animal) - to feed |
| 吃食 | 吃食 | chīshi | - food - edibles |
| 吞食 | 吞食 | tūnshí | - to devour |
| 吸食 | 吸食 | xīshí | - to suck - to take in |
| 和食 | 和食 | héshí | - Japanese cuisine |
| 啄食 | 啄食 | zhuóshí | - (of a bird) to peck at food |
| 存食 | 存食 | cúnshí | - (of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM) |
| 寒食 | 寒食 | hánshí | - cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) - the Qingming festival |
| 扁食 | 扁食 | biǎnshí | - dumplings |
| 打食 | 打食 | dǎshí | - to go in search of food (of animals) - to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets |
| 挑食 | 挑食 | tiāoshí | - to be picky about food |
| 捕食 | 捕食 | bǔshí | - to prey on - to catch and feed on - to hunt for food |
| 掠食 | 掠食 | lüèshí | - to prey on - predation - predatory |
| 采食 | 採食 | cǎishí | - to forage - to gather for eating - to pick and eat |
| 揾食 | 搵食 | wènshí | - to earn one's living (Cantonese) - Mandarin equivalent: 謀生|谋生[mou2 sheng1] |
| 择食 | 擇食 | zéshí | - to be picky (food) |
| 摄食 | 攝食 | shèshí | - to consume |
| 断食 | 斷食 | duànshí | - to fast - hunger strike |
| 施食 | 施食 | shīshí | - to give food (as a charity) - "feeding the hungry ghosts" (Buddhist ceremony) |
| 日食 | 日食 | rìshí | - solar eclipse |
| 暴食 | 暴食 | bàoshí | - to eat too much - to binge |
| 月食 | 月食 | yuèshí | - lunar eclipse - eclipse of the moon |
| 服食 | 服食 | fúshí | - to take (medication, vitamins etc) |
| 消食 | 消食 | xiāoshí | - to aid digestion |
| 洁食 | 潔食 | jiéshí | - kosher |
| 熟食 | 熟食 | shúshí | - cooked food - prepared food - deli food |
| 热食 | 熱食 | rèshí | - hot food |
| 甜食 | 甜食 | tiánshí | - dessert - sweet |
| 禄食 | 祿食 | lùshí | - official pay |
| 禁食 | 禁食 | jìnshí | - fast (not eat) |
| 积食 | 積食 | jīshí | - (of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM) |
| 节食 | 節食 | jiéshí | - to save food - to go on a diet |
| 粮食 | 糧食 | liángshi | - foodstuff - cereals - CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| 素食 | 素食 | sùshí | - vegetables - vegetarian food |
| 绝食 | 絕食 | juéshí | - to go on a hunger strike |
| 美食 | 美食 | měishí | - culinary delicacy - fine food - gourmet food |
| 肉食 | 肉食 | ròushí | - carnivorous |
| 膳食 | 膳食 | shànshí | - meal |
| 蔬食 | 蔬食 | shūshí | - vegetarian meal - vegetarian diet |
| 蚕食 | 蠶食 | cánshí | - to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves) - fig. to embezzle progressively |
| 衣食 | 衣食 | yīshí | - clothes and food |
| 觅食 | 覓食 | mìshí | - to forage - to hunt for food - to scavenge - fig. to make a living |
| 谋食 | 謀食 | móushí | - to make a living - to strive to earn a living |
| 贪食 | 貪食 | tānshí | - greedy - glutton |
| 轻食 | 輕食 | qīngshí | - light meal - snack |
| 速食 | 速食 | sùshí | - fast food (Tw) |
| 进食 | 進食 | jìnshí | - to take a meal - to eat |
| 酒食 | 酒食 | jiǔshí | - food and drink |
| 杂食 | 雜食 | záshí | - omnivorous (zoolog.) - snacks - a varied diet |
| 零食 | 零食 | língshí | - between-meal nibbles - snacks |
| 食人 | 食人 | shírén | - man-eating (beast) - to eat people - fig. to oppress the people |
| 食俸 | 食俸 | shífèng | - salary of a public official - to be in government service |
| 食具 | 食具 | shíjù | - tableware |
| 食品 | 食品 | shípǐn | - foodstuff - food - provisions - CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| 食堂 | 食堂 | shítáng | - dining hall - CL:個|个[ge4],間|间[jian1] |
| 食季 | 食季 | shíjì | - eclipse season |
| 食客 | 食客 | shíkè | - diner (in a restaurant etc) - hanger-on - sponger |
| 食宿 | 食宿 | shísù | - board and lodging - room and board |
| 食欲 | 食慾 | shíyù | - appetite |
| 食指 | 食指 | shízhǐ | - forefinger - mouths to feed |
| 食料 | 食料 | shíliào | - foodstuff |
| 食槽 | 食槽 | shícáo | - manger |
| 食油 | 食油 | shíyóu | - cooking oil |
| 食法 | 食法 | shífǎ | - cooking method |
| 食物 | 食物 | shíwù | - food - CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| 食用 | 食用 | shíyòng | - food product - to use as food - edible |
| 食疗 | 食療 | shíliáo | - food therapy - treatment via food (TCM) |
| 食禄 | 食祿 | shílù | - to draw government pay - to be in public service - salary of an official |
| 食管 | 食管 | shíguǎn | - esophagus |
| 食粮 | 食糧 | shíliáng | - food cereals |
| 食肆 | 食肆 | shísì | - restaurant - eatery |
| 食肉 | 食肉 | shíròu | - carnivorous |
| 食色 | 食色 | shísè | - food and sex - appetite and lust |
| 食菌 | 食菌 | shíjùn | - edible mushroom |
| 食补 | 食補 | shíbǔ | - nutritional food that helps build up one's health |
| 食言 | 食言 | shíyán | - lit. to eat one's words - to break a promise - to go back on one's word - to renege - unsworn testimony |
| 食谱 | 食譜 | shípǔ | - cookbook - recipe - diet - CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4] |
| 食道 | 食道 | shídào | - esophagus - the proper way to eat - food transportation route |
| 食醋 | 食醋 | shícù | - table vinegar |
| 食量 | 食量 | shíliàng | - quantity of food |
| 食顷 | 食頃 | shíqǐng | - a short moment |
| 食盐 | 食鹽 | shíyán | - edible salt |
| 饭食 | 飯食 | fànshí | - food |
| 饮食 | 飲食 | yǐnshí | - food and drink - diet |
| 喂食 | 餵食 | wèishí | - to feed |
| 面食 | 麵食 | miànshí | - food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc |
| 鼎食 | 鼎食 | dǐngshí | - extravagant food |
| 伙食费 | 伙食費 | huǒshífèi | - food expenses - board expenses - meals (cost) |
| 副食品 | 副食品 | fùshípǐn | - non-staple foods |
| 厌食症 | 厭食症 | yànshízhèng | - anorexia |
| 吃白食 | 吃白食 | chībáishí | - to eat without paying - to freeload |
| 废寝食 | 廢寢食 | fèiqǐnshí | - to neglect sleep and food |
| 日偏食 | 日偏食 | rìpiānshí | - partial eclipse of the sun |
| 日全食 | 日全食 | rìquánshí | - total eclipse of the sun |
| 日环食 | 日環食 | rìhuánshí | - an annular eclipse of the sun |
| 暴食症 | 暴食症 | bàoshízhèng | - bulimia |
| 月偏食 | 月偏食 | yuèpiānshí | - partial eclipse of the moon |
| 月全食 | 月全食 | yuèquánshí | - total lunar eclipse |
| 消食儿 | 消食兒 | xiāoshír | - erhua variant of 消食[xiao1 shi2] |
| 熟食店 | 熟食店 | shúshídiàn | - deli - delicatessen |
| 狗食袋 | 狗食袋 | gǒushídài | - doggy bag - take-out container |
| 异食癖 | 異食癖 | yìshípǐ | - pica (medicine) |
| 纯素食 | 純素食 | chúnsùshí | - vegan - vegan food |
| 素食者 | 素食者 | sùshízhě | - vegetarian |
| 美食家 | 美食家 | měishíjiā | - gourmet |
| 速食店 | 速食店 | sùshídiàn | - fast food shop |
| 速食面 | 速食麵 | sùshímiàn | - instant noodles |
| 食人俗 | 食人俗 | shírénsú | - cannibalism |
| 食人鲨 | 食人鯊 | shírénshā | - man-eating shark - same as 大白鯊|大白鲨[da4 bai2 sha1], great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) |
| 食品摊 | 食品攤 | shípǐntān | - street vendor's stall |
| 食火鸡 | 食火雞 | shíhuǒjī | - cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 食物房 | 食物房 | shíwùfáng | - larder - pantry |
| 食物柜 | 食物櫃 | shíwùguì | - larder - pantry |
| 食物油 | 食物油 | shíwùyóu | - cooking oil - food oil |
| 食物链 | 食物鏈 | shíwùliàn | - food chain |
| 食肉目 | 食肉目 | shíròumù | - Carnivora, order of carnivores within Mammalia |
| 食肉类 | 食肉類 | shíròulèi | - carnivorous species |
| 食虫目 | 食蟲目 | Shíchóngmù | - Insectivora |
| 食蟹獴 | 食蟹獴 | shíxièměng | - see 蟹獴[xie4 meng3] |
| 食蚁兽 | 食蟻獸 | shíyǐshòu | - ant-eater (several different species) |
| 食道癌 | 食道癌 | shídàoái | - esophageal cancer |
| 三旬九食 | 三旬九食 | sānxúnjiǔshí | - lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) - fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation - in dire straits |
| 健康食品 | 健康食品 | jiànkāngshípǐn | - health food |
| 同类相食 | 同類相食 | tónglèixiāngshí | - cannibalism |
| 吹箫乞食 | 吹簫乞食 | chuīxiāoqǐshí | - to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) - cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician |
| 因噎废食 | 因噎廢食 | yīnyēfèishí | - lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face - to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk |
| 垃圾食品 | 垃圾食品 | lājīshípǐn | - junk food |
| 寝食难安 | 寢食難安 | qǐnshínánān | - lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) - fig. extremely worried and troubled |
| 小食中心 | 小食中心 | xiǎoshízhōngxīn | - Food court |
| 废寝忘食 | 廢寢忘食 | fèiqǐnwàngshí | - to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom) - to skip one's sleep and meals - to be completely wrapped up in one's work |
| 弱肉强食 | 弱肉強食 | ruòròuqiángshí | - lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior - the law of the jungle |
| 拣饮择食 | 揀飲擇食 | jiǎnyǐnzéshí | - to choose one's food carefully - to be picky |
| 暴饮暴食 | 暴飲暴食 | bàoyǐnbàoshí | - to eat and drink unreasonably |
| 灭此朝食 | 滅此朝食 | miècǐzhāoshí | - lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed - anxious to do battle (idiom) |
| 煎炸食品 | 煎炸食品 | jiānzháshípǐn | - fried food |
| 爽心美食 | 爽心美食 | shuǎngxīnměishí | - comfort food |
| 狂饮暴食 | 狂飲暴食 | kuángyǐnbàoshí | - drunken gluttony (idiom); eating and drinking to excess |
| 率兽食人 | 率獸食人 | shuàishòushírén | - lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people |
| 砚田之食 | 硯田之食 | yàntiánzhīshí | - to make a living by writing (idiom) |
| 节衣缩食 | 節衣縮食 | jiéyīsuōshí | - to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally |
| 箪食壶浆 | 簞食壺漿 | dānshíhújiāng | - to receive troops with food and drink (idiom) - to give troops a hearty welcome - also pr. [dan1 si4 hu2 jiang1] |
| 粮食作物 | 糧食作物 | liángshizuòwù | - grain crops - cereals |
| 纯素食者 | 純素食者 | chúnsùshízhě | - a vegan - person following a vegan diet |
| 素食主义 | 素食主義 | sùshízhǔyì | - vegetarianism |
| 绝食抗议 | 絕食抗議 | juéshíkàngyì | - hunger strike |
| 绿色食品 | 綠色食品 | lǜsèshípǐn | - clean, unadulterated food product - organic food |
| 紧衣缩食 | 緊衣縮食 | jǐnyīsuōshí | - see 節衣縮食|节衣缩食[jie2 yi1 suo1 shi2] |
| 缩衣节食 | 縮衣節食 | suōyījiéshí | - to economize on clothes and food - to scrimp and save (idiom) |
| 缺衣少食 | 缺衣少食 | quēyīshǎoshí | - short of food and clothing - destitute |
| 肉食动物 | 肉食動物 | ròushídòngwù | - carnivore |
| 自食其力 | 自食其力 | zìshíqílì | - lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) - fig. to stand on one's own feet - to earn one's own living |
| 自食其果 | 自食其果 | zìshíqíguǒ | - to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action - to reap what one has sown |
| 自食恶果 | 自食惡果 | zìshíèguǒ | - lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom) - fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions - to stew in one's own juice |
| 草食动物 | 草食動物 | cǎoshídòngwù | - herbivore - herbivorous animal |
| 药食同源 | 藥食同源 | yàoshítóngyuán | - lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) - fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine |
| 衣单食薄 | 衣單食薄 | yīdānshíbó | - thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty - destitute |
| 衣食住行 | 衣食住行 | yīshízhùxíng | - clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs |
| 衣食无忧 | 衣食無憂 | yīshíwúyōu | - not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom) - to be provided with the basic necessities |
| 衣食无虞 | 衣食無虞 | yīshíwúyú | - not having to worry about food and clothes (idiom) - provided with the basic necessities |
| 衣食父母 | 衣食父母 | yīshífùmǔ | - the people one depends upon for one's livelihood - one's bread and butter |
| 觅食行为 | 覓食行為 | mìshíxíngwéi | - foraging |
| 丰衣足食 | 豐衣足食 | fēngyīzúshí | - having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed |
| 辍食吐哺 | 輟食吐哺 | chuòshítǔbǔ | - to stop eating and spit out |
| 锦衣玉食 | 錦衣玉食 | jǐnyīyùshí | - brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury - extravagance |
| 钟鸣鼎食 | 鐘鳴鼎食 | zhōngmíngdǐngshí | - extravagant lifestyle |
| 杂食动物 | 雜食動物 | záshídòngwù | - omnivore |
| 食不果腹 | 食不果腹 | shíbùguǒfù | - lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) - fig. poverty-stricken |
| 食不知味 | 食不知味 | shíbùzhīwèi | - lit. to eat without tasting the food - worried or downhearted (idiom) |
| 食古不化 | 食古不化 | shígǔbùhuà | - to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) - to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject |
| 食物中毒 | 食物中毒 | shíwùzhòngdú | - food poisoning |
| 食玉炊桂 | 食玉炊桂 | shíyùchuīguì | - food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) - the cost of living is very high |
| 食肉动物 | 食肉動物 | shíròudòngwù | - carnivore |
| 食肉寝皮 | 食肉寢皮 | shíròuqǐnpí | - to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb - implacable hatred - to have sb's guts for garters |
| 食腐动物 | 食腐動物 | shífǔdòngwù | - scavenger |
| 食色性也 | 食色性也 | shísèxìngyě | - Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4). - By nature we desire food and sex. |
| 食草动物 | 食草動物 | shícǎodòngwù | - herbivore |
| 食荼卧棘 | 食荼臥棘 | shítúwòjí | - to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people |
| 食虫植物 | 食蟲植物 | shíchóngzhíwù | - insectivorous plant |
| 食衣住行 | 食衣住行 | shíyīzhùxíng | - see 衣食住行[yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2] |
| 食言而肥 | 食言而肥 | shíyánérféi | - lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) - fig. not to live up to one's promises |
| 饥不择食 | 飢不擇食 | jībùzéshí | - when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers - When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. |
| 饮食疗养 | 飲食療養 | yǐnshíliáoyǎng | - diet |
| 饱食终日 | 飽食終日 | bǎoshízhōngrì | - to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work) |
| 龙口夺食 | 龍口奪食 | lóngkǒuduóshí | - to harvest hurriedly before rain comes |
| 世界粮食署 | 世界糧食署 | shìjièliángshishǔ | - World food program (United Nations aid agency) |
| 何不食肉糜 | 何不食肉糜 | hébùshíròumí | - lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) - fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight |
| 民以食为天 | 民以食為天 | mínyǐshíwéitiān | - Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need. - Food first, ethical niceties second |
| 纯素食主义 | 純素食主義 | chúnsùshízhǔyì | - veganism, a diet consisting solely of plant products - strict vegetarianism |
| 虎毒不食子 | 虎毒不食子 | hǔdúbùshízǐ | - a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom) - even wild beasts look after their young |
| 褐喉食蜜鸟 | 褐喉食蜜鳥 | hèhóushímìniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) brown-throated sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) |
| 转基因食品 | 轉基因食品 | zhuǎnjīyīnshípǐn | - genetically modified (GM) food |
| 过胖暴食症 | 過胖暴食症 | guòpàngbàoshízhèng | - binge eating disorder (BED) |
| 食品加工机 | 食品加工機 | shípǐnjiāgōngjī | - food processor |
| 不食人间烟火 | 不食人間煙火 | bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ | - lit. not eating the food of common mortals - fig. placing oneself above the common populace |
| 精神性厌食症 | 精神性厭食症 | jīngshénxìngyànshízhèng | - anorexia nervosa |
| 自由素食主义 | 自由素食主義 | zìyóusùshízhǔyì | - Freeganism |
| 药补不如食补 | 藥補不如食補 | yàobǔbùrúshíbǔ | - the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition |
| 石油换食品项目 | 石油換食品項目 | ShíyóuHuànShípǐnXiàngmù | - Iraq Oil for Food Program |
| 食品药品监督局 | 食品藥品監督局 | shípǐnyàopǐnjiāndūjú | - state food and drug administration (SDA) |
| 食物及药品管理局 | 食物及藥品管理局 | shíwùjíyàopǐnguǎnlǐjú | - US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA) |
| 人为财死，鸟为食亡 | 人為財死，鳥為食亡 | rénwèicáisǐ,niǎowèishíwáng | - lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) - fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich |
| 食不厌精，脍不厌细 | 食不厭精，膾不厭細 | shíbùyànjīng,kuàibùyànxì | - lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) - fig. to be fastidious about one's food |
| 食之无味，弃之不甘 | 食之無味，棄之不甘 | shízhīwúwèi,qìzhībùgān | - see 食之無味，棄之可惜|食之无味，弃之可惜[shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1] |
| 食之无味，弃之可惜 | 食之無味，棄之可惜 | shízhīwúwèi,qìzhīkěxī | - lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) - fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them |
| 食品药品监督管理局 | 食品藥品監督管理局 | ShípǐnYàopǐnJiāndūGuǎnlǐjú | - (China) Food and Drug Administration |
| 饱食终日，无所用心 | 飽食終日，無所用心 | bǎoshízhōngrì,wúsuǒyòngxīn | - to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) - to be sated with food and remain idle |
| 国家食品药品监督管理局 | 國家食品藥品監督管理局 | GuójiāShípǐnYàopǐnJiāndūGuǎnlǐjú | - State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) |
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