饮食

饮食 yǐnshí

Food and drink

饮食 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體飲食 yinshi

What 饮食 means

Food and drink

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Character by character

饮食 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

饮

yǐn

A drink

食

shí

Food (animal feed - eat)

Words that share a character with 饮食

How to write 饮食

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饮食 in a sentence

健康的饮食很重要。

Jiànkāng de yǐnshí hěn zhòngyào.

A healthy diet is important.

南北方的饮食习惯差别很大。

Nán běi fāng de yǐnshí xíguàn chābié hěn dà.

Eating habits differ greatly between north and south.

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Questions about 饮食

What does 饮食 mean in English?

饮食 is pronounced yǐnshí and means Food and drink.

How do you pronounce 饮食?

饮食 is yǐnshí in pinyin — written yinshi without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 饮食?

饮食 is written with 2 characters: 饮 (yǐn) A drink, 食 (shí) Food (animal feed - eat). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 饮食 written in traditional Chinese?

飲食. The simplified form 饮食 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 飲食 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced yǐnshí.

Is 饮食 an HSK word?

Yes — 饮食 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

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