小吃 (xiǎochī) means Snack (refreshments). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这条街上有很多 小吃 。
Zhè tiáo jiē shàng yǒu hěn duō xiǎochī.
There are lots of snacks on this street.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 小吃
我很喜欢这里的 小吃 。
Wǒ hěn xǐhuan zhèlǐ de xiǎochī.
I really like the local snacks here.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 小吃
我们尝了当地的 小吃 。
Wǒmen cháng le dāngdì de xiǎochī.
We tried the local snacks.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 当地
学校周边有很多 小吃 店。
Xuéxiào zhōubiān yǒu hěn duō xiǎochī diàn.
There are many snack shops around the school.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 周边
每个地方的 小吃 都有自己的风味。
Měi ge dìfang de xiǎochī dōu yǒu zìjǐ de fēngwèi.
The snacks of every place have their own local flavour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 风味
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How is 小吃 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 小吃 (xiǎochī, "Snack (refreshments)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 小吃 an HSK word?
Yes — 小吃 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 小吃?
The dictionary page for 小吃 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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