食 (shí) means Food (animal feed - eat). Below are 24 of the 31 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
饮 食 要有节制。
Yǐnshí yào yǒu jiézhì.
One should be moderate in eating and drinking.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 节制
他吃了十年素 食 。
Tā chī le shí nián sùshí.
He has been vegetarian for ten years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 素食
少吃零 食 对身体好。
Shǎo chī língshí duì shēntǐ hǎo.
Eating fewer snacks is good for your health.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 零食
冰箱里有很多 食 物。
Bīngxiāng lǐ yǒu hěn duō shíwù.
There is a lot of food in the fridge.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 食物
这些 食 物很好消化。
Zhèxiē shíwù hěn hǎo xiāohuà.
This food is easy to digest.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 消化
这家餐厅提供素 食 。
Zhè jiā cāntīng tígōng sùshí.
This restaurant serves vegetarian food.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 素食
健康的饮 食 很重要。
Jiànkāng de yǐnshí hěn zhòngyào.
A healthy diet is important.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 饮食
我们不应该浪费 食 物。
Wǒmen bù yīnggāi làngfèi shíwù.
We should not waste food.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 浪费
请看一下 食 品的成分。
Qǐng kàn yíxià shípǐn de chéngfèn.
Please look at the ingredients of the food.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 成分
今年的粮 食 收成很好。
Jīnnián de liángshi shōuchéng hěn hǎo.
This year's grain harvest is very good.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 粮食
她书包里装满了零 食 。
Tā shūbāo lǐ zhuāng mǎn le língshí.
Her school bag is full of snacks.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 零食
饮 食 要注意荤素搭配。
Yǐnshí yào zhùyì hūn sù dāpèi.
In one's diet, meat and vegetables should be properly balanced.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 搭配
工厂主要做 食 品加工。
Gōngchǎng zhǔyào zuò shípǐn jiā gōng.
The factory mainly does food processing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 加工
干旱加剧了粮 食 短缺。
Gānhàn jiājù le liángshi duǎnquē.
The drought aggravated the grain shortage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 加剧
这些 食 品都是清真的。
Zhèxiē shípǐn dōu shì qīngzhēn de.
All this food is halal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 清真
他们把粮 食 存在仓库里。
Tāmen bǎ liángshi cún zài cāngkù lǐ.
They store the grain in the warehouse.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 粮食
一队蚂蚁正在搬运 食 物。
Yí duì mǎyǐ zhèngzài bānyùn shíwù.
A line of ants is carrying food.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蚂蚁
鸟儿在树林里寻觅 食 物。
Niǎo'ér zài shùlín lǐ xúnmì shíwù.
The birds search for food in the wood.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 寻觅
这种 食 物脂肪含量很高。
Zhè zhǒng shíwù zhīfáng hánliàng hěn gāo.
This food has a high fat content.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 脂肪
国家的粮 食 储备十分充足。
Guójiā de liángshi chǔbèi shífēn chōngzú.
The country's grain reserves are more than sufficient.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 储备
他备考期间几乎废寝忘 食 。
Tā bèikǎo qījiān jīhū fèiqǐnwàngshí.
While preparing for the exam he barely slept or ate.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 废寝忘食
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食 appears in 31 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 食
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How is 食 used in a sentence?
This page shows 31 sentences using 食 (shí, "Food (animal feed - eat)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 食 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 食 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 食?
The dictionary page for 食 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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