食

The character "食" has 9 strokes. "食" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "食" has 3 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "食" are "shí" "sì" "yì" . View the stroke order of "食">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "食"

n.: food; food for animals; feed; sth used for cooking; sth edible

v.: eat; eclipse; have a meal; feed; offer food to

• food : n.食物；食品
• feed : v.给…食物吃；喂；为…提供原料；使移动；使穿过；进食；助长；吃食；增进；吃东西
• eat : v.吃
• eclipse : n.食；黯然失色；羽毛暗淡期
• have a meal : 吃饭；就餐

Form words with "食"

饩食 cereals and food

Example phrases using "食"

• 我发现他被捆在他家的食柜里。

  I found him trussed up in his cupboard.

• 孩子们似乎以汉堡和薯条为主食。

  The children seem to exist on a diet of burgers and chips.

• 它们本质上以污水和粪便等为食。

  They eat stuff like sewage and manure, essentially.

• 狗 食 真正的消费者该是我呀！

  Dog: But the real dog food consumer is me!

• 劳动者应得食，不劳动者应挨饿。

  Who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to starve.

• 劳动者该得食, 不劳者该挨饿.

  Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to starve.

• 这位老人有嚼食印度大麻的习惯。

  This old man has a habit of chewing hashish .

• 以希望为主食的人，将死于绝食。

  He that lives on hope, will die fasting.

• 但系今日！当我去食早餐既时候！

  But today, when I went for breakfast, I discovered hash brown! ! ! !

• 它以富含糖分的凤梨芯儿为食。

  It's after the sugar-rich core.