| 食 | [ shí ] to eat, food, animal feed, eclipse |
| 食 | [ sì ] to feed (a person or animal) |
| 食不厭精，膾不厭細 | [ shí bù yàn jīng bù yàn xì ] lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects), fig. to be fastidious about one's food |
| 食不果腹 | [ shí bù guǒ fù ] lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom), fig. poverty-stricken |
| 食不知味 | [ shí bù zhī weì ] lit. to eat without tasting the food, worried or downhearted (idiom) |
| 食之無味，棄之不甘 | [ shí zhī wú weì qì zhī bù gān ] 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] |
| 食之無味，棄之可惜 | [ shí zhī wú weì qì zhī kě xī ] 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 |
| 食人 | [ shí rén ] man-eating (beast), to eat people, fig. to oppress the people |
| 食人俗 | [ shí rén sú ] cannibalism |
| 食人魔 | [ shí rén mó ] ogre |
| 食人魚 | [ shí rén yú ] piranha |
| 食人鯊 | [ shí rén shā ] man-eating shark, same as 大白鯊|大白鲨[da4 bai2 sha1], great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) |
| 食俸 | [ shí fèng ] salary of a public official, to be in government service |
| 食具 | [ shí jù ] tableware |
| 食古不化 | [ shí gǔ bù huà ] to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom), to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject |
| 食品 | [ shí pǐn ] foodstuff, food, provisions, CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| 食品加工機 | [ shí pǐn jiā gōng jī ] food processor |
| 食品攤 | [ shí pǐn tān ] food vendor's stand |
| 食品藥品監督局 | [ shí pǐn yaò pǐn jiān dū jú ] state food and drug administration (SDA) |
| 食品藥品監督管理局 | [ shí pǐn yaò pǐn jiān dū guǎn lǐ jú ] (China) Food and Drug Administration |
| 食堂 | [ shí táng ] dining hall, CL:個|个[ge4],間|间[jian1] |
| 食季 | [ shí jì ] eclipse season |
| 食客 | [ shí kè ] diner (in a restaurant etc), hanger-on, sponger |
| 食宿 | [ shí sù ] board and lodging, room and board |
| 食慾 | [ shí yù ] appetite |
| 食指 | [ shí zhǐ ] index finger, (literary) mouths to feed |
| 食料 | [ shí ] foodstuff |
| 食材 | [ shí caí ] (food) ingredient |
| 食槽 | [ shí caó ] manger |
| 食油 | [ shí yoú ] cooking oil |
| 食法 | [ shí fǎ ] cooking method |
| 食火雞 | [ shí huǒ jī ] cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea, CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 食物 | [ shí wù ] food, CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| 食物中毒 | [ shí wù zhòng dú ] food poisoning |
| 食物及藥品管理局 | [ shí wù jí yaò pǐn guǎn lǐ jú ] US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA) |
| 食物房 | [ shí wù fáng ] larder, pantry |
| 食物櫃 | [ shí wù guì ] larder, pantry |
| 食物油 | [ shí wù yoú ] cooking oil, food oil |
| 食物鏈 | [ shí wù liàn ] food chain |
| 食玉炊桂 | [ shí yù chuī guì ] food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom), the cost of living is very high |
| 食玩 | [ shí wán ] small toy or figurine included with a food product, DIY candy kit |
| 食用 | [ shí yòng ] food product, to use as food, edible |
| 食療 | [ shí ] food therapy, treatment via food (TCM) |
| 食祿 | [ shí lù ] to draw government pay, to be in public service, salary of an official |
| 食管 | [ shí guǎn ] esophagus |
| 食糧 | [ shí liáng ] food cereals |
| 食肆 | [ shí sì ] restaurant, eatery |
| 食肉 | [ shí roù ] carnivorous |
| 食肉動物 | [ shí roù dòng wù ] carnivore |
| 食肉寢皮 | [ shí roù qǐn pí ] 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 |
| 食肉目 | [ shí roù mù ] Carnivora, order of carnivores within Mammalia |
| 食肉類 | [ shí roù leì ] carnivorous species |
| 食腐動物 | [ shí fǔ dòng wù ] scavenger |
| 食色 | [ shí sè ] food and sex, appetite and lust |
| 食色性也 | [ shí sè xìng yě ] Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4)., By nature we desire food and sex. |
| 食草動物 | [ shí caǒ dòng wù ] herbivore |
| 食荼臥棘 | [ shí tú wò jí ] to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people |
| 食菌 | [ shí jùn ] edible mushroom |
| 食蟲植物 | [ shí chóng zhí wù ] insectivorous plant |
| 食蟲目 | [ shí chóng mù ] Insectivora |
| 食蟹獴 | [ shí xiè měng ] see 蟹獴[xie4 meng3] |
| 食蟻獸 | [ shí yǐ shoù ] ant-eater (several different species) |
| 食衣住行 | [ shí yī zhù xíng ] see 衣食住行[yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2] |
| 食補 | [ shí bǔ ] tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful), to eat such foods |
| 食言 | [ shí yán ] lit. to eat one's words, to break a promise, to go back on one's word, to renege, unsworn testimony |
| 食言而肥 | [ shí yán ér feí ] lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom), fig. not to live up to one's promises |
| 食譜 | [ shí pǔ ] cookbook, recipe, diet, CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4] |
| 食道 | [ shí daò ] esophagus, the proper way to eat, food transportation route |
| 食道癌 | [ shí daò aí ] esophageal cancer |
| 食醋 | [ shí cù ] table vinegar |
| 食量 | [ shí liàng ] quantity of food |
| 食頃 | [ shí qǐng ] a short moment |
| 食鹽 | [ shí yán ] edible salt |
| ⇒ 三旬九食 | [ sān xún jiǔ shí ] lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom), fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation, in dire straits |
| ⇒ 不食人間煙火 | [ bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ ] lit. not eating the food of common mortals, fig. placing oneself above the common populace |
| ⇒ 世界糧食署 | [ shì jiè liáng shi shǔ ] World food program (United Nations aid agency) |
| ⇒ 主食 | [ zhǔ shí ] main food, staple (rice and noodles) |
| ⇒ 乞食 | [ qǐ shí ] to beg for food |
| ⇒ 人為財死，鳥為食亡 | [ rén weì caí sǐ weì shí wáng ] 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 |
| ⇒ 伙食 | [ huǒ shí ] food, meals |
| ⇒ 伙食費 | [ huǒ shí feì ] food expenses, board expenses, meals (cost) |
| ⇒ 何不食肉糜 | [ hé bù shí roù mí ] 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 |
| ⇒ 偏食 | [ piān shí ] partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy), having likes and dislikes, partial eclipse |
| ⇒ 停食 | [ tíng shí ] (of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM) |
| ⇒ 健康食品 | [ jiàn kāng shí pǐn ] health food |
| ⇒ 全素食 | [ quán sù shí ] vegan |
| ⇒ 全食 | [ quán shí ] total eclipse |
| ⇒ 冗食 | [ rǒng shí ] eating without working |
| ⇒ 副食 | [ fù shí ] non-staple food, CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| ⇒ 副食品 | [ fù shí pǐn ] non-staple foods, (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) |
| ⇒ 即食 | [ jí shí ] instant (food) |
| ⇒ 厭食 | [ yàn shí ] anorexia |
| ⇒ 厭食症 | [ yàn shí zhèng ] anorexia |
| ⇒ 可食 | [ kě shí ] edible |
| ⇒ 吃白食 | [ chī baí shí ] to eat without paying, to freeload |
| ⇒ 吃食 | [ chī shí ] to eat (of bird or animal), to feed |
| ⇒ 吃食 | [ chī shi ] food, edibles |
| ⇒ 同類相食 | [ tóng leì xiāng shí ] cannibalism |
| ⇒ 吞食 | [ tūn shí ] to devour |
| ⇒ 吸食 | [ xī shí ] (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc), (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug), to drink through a straw |
| ⇒ 吹簫乞食 | [ chuī qǐ shí ] to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ), cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician |
| ⇒ 和食 | [ hé shí ] Japanese cuisine |
| ⇒ 啄食 | [ zhuó shí ] (of a bird) to peck at food |
| ⇒ 因噎廢食 | [ yīn yē feì shí ] 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 |
| ⇒ 國家食品藥品監督管理局 | [ guó jiā shí pǐn yaò pǐn jiān dū guǎn lǐ jú ] State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) |
| ⇒ 垃圾食品 | [ lā jī shí pǐn ] junk food |
| ⇒ 存食 | [ cún shí ] (of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM) |
| ⇒ 定食 | [ dìng shí ] set meal (esp. in a Japanese restaurant) |
| ⇒ 宵衣旰食 | [ yī gàn shí ] to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom), diligently attending to official matters |
| ⇒ 寒食 | [ hán shí ] 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 |
| ⇒ 寢食難安 | [ qǐn shí nán ān ] lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom), fig. extremely worried and troubled |
| ⇒ 小食中心 | [ shí zhōng xīn ] Food court |
| ⇒ 廢寢忘食 | [ feì qǐn wàng shí ] to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom), to skip one's sleep and meals, to be completely wrapped up in one's work |
| ⇒ 廢寢食 | [ feì qǐn shí ] to neglect sleep and food |
| ⇒ 弱肉強食 | [ ruò roù qiáng shí ] lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior, the law of the jungle |
| ⇒ 扁食 | [ biǎn shí ] dumplings |
| ⇒ 打食 | [ dǎ shí ] to go in search of food (of animals), to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets |
| ⇒ 挑食 | [ shí ] to be picky about food |
| ⇒ 捕食 | [ bǔ shí ] to prey on, to catch and feed on, to hunt for food |
| ⇒ 掠食 | [ lvè shí ] to prey on, predation, predatory |
| ⇒ 採食 | [ caǐ shí ] to forage, to gather for eating, to pick and eat |
| ⇒ 揀飲擇食 | [ jiǎn yǐn zé shí ] to choose one's food carefully, to be picky |
| ⇒ 搵食 | [ wèn shí ] to earn one's living (Cantonese), Mandarin equivalent: 謀生|谋生[mou2 sheng1] |
| ⇒ 擇食 | [ zé shí ] to be picky (food) |
| ⇒ 攝食 | [ shè shí ] to consume |
| ⇒ 斷食 | [ duàn shí ] to fast, hunger strike |
| ⇒ 施食 | [ shī shí ] to give food (as a charity), "feeding the hungry ghosts" (Buddhist ceremony) |
| ⇒ 日偏食 | [ rì piān shí ] partial eclipse of the sun |
| ⇒ 日全食 | [ rì quán shí ] total eclipse of the sun |
| ⇒ 日月食 | [ rì yuè shí ] eclipsis (of the moon or sun) |
| ⇒ 日環食 | [ rì huán shí ] an annular eclipse of the sun |
| ⇒ 日食 | [ rì shí ] solar eclipse |
| ⇒ 暴食 | [ baò shí ] to eat too much, to binge |
| ⇒ 暴食症 | [ baò shí zhèng ] bulimia |
| ⇒ 暴飲暴食 | [ baò yǐn baò shí ] to eat and drink unreasonably |
| ⇒ 月偏食 | [ yuè piān shí ] partial eclipse of the moon |
| ⇒ 月全食 | [ yuè quán shí ] total lunar eclipse |
| ⇒ 月食 | [ yuè shí ] lunar eclipse, eclipse of the moon |
| ⇒ 服食 | [ fú shí ] to take (medication, vitamins etc) |
| ⇒ 民以食為天 | [ mín yǐ shí weí tiān ] Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need., Food first, ethical niceties second |
| ⇒ 消食 | [ shí ] to aid digestion |
| ⇒ 消食兒 | [ shí ] erhua variant of 消食[xiao1 shi2] |
| ⇒ 滅此朝食 | [ miè cǐ zhaō shí ] lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed, anxious to do battle (idiom) |
| ⇒ 潔食 | [ jié shí ] kosher |
| ⇒ 煎炸食品 | [ jiān zhá shí pǐn ] fried food |
| ⇒ 熟食 | [ shú shí ] cooked food, prepared food, deli food |
| ⇒ 熟食店 | [ shú shí diàn ] deli, delicatessen |
| ⇒ 熱食 | [ rè shí ] hot food |
| ⇒ 爽心美食 | [ shuǎng xīn meǐ shí ] comfort food |
| ⇒ 狂飲暴食 | [ kuáng yǐn baò shí ] drunken gluttony (idiom); eating and drinking to excess |
| ⇒ 狗食袋 | [ goǔ shí daì ] doggy bag, take-out container |
| ⇒ 率獸食人 | [ shoù shí rén ] lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people |
| ⇒ 甜食 | [ tián shí ] dessert, sweet |
| ⇒ 生酮飲食 | [ shēng tóng yǐn shí ] ketogenic diet |
| ⇒ 異食癖 | [ yì shí pǐ ] pica (medicine) |
| ⇒ 發憤忘食 | [ fā fèn wàng shí ] so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom) |
| ⇒ 石油換食品項目 | [ shí yoú huàn shí pǐn xiàng mù ] Iraq Oil for Food Program |
| ⇒ 硯田之食 | [ yàn tián zhī shí ] to make a living by writing (idiom) |
| ⇒ 祿食 | [ lù shí ] official pay |
| ⇒ 禁食 | [ jìn shí ] to fast, to abstain from eating, to forbid the eating of (certain foods), a fast |
| ⇒ 稍食 | [ shaō shí ] (old) monthly salary of an official |
| ⇒ 積食 | [ jī shí ] (of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM) |
| ⇒ 節衣縮食 | [ jié yī suō shí ] to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally |
| ⇒ 節食 | [ jié shí ] to save food, to go on a diet |
| ⇒ 簞食壺漿 | [ dān shí hú jiāng ] to receive troops with food and drink (idiom), to give troops a hearty welcome, also pr. [dan1 si4 hu2 jiang1] |
| ⇒ 精神性厭食症 | [ jīng shén xìng yàn shí zhèng ] anorexia nervosa |
| ⇒ 糧食 | [ liáng shi ] foodstuff, cereals, CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| ⇒ 糧食作物 | [ liáng shi zuò wù ] grain crops, cereals |
| ⇒ 純素食 | [ chún sù shí ] vegan, vegan food |
| ⇒ 純素食主義 | [ chún sù shí zhǔ yì ] veganism, a diet consisting solely of plant products, strict vegetarianism |
| ⇒ 純素食者 | [ chún sù shí zhě ] a vegan, person following a vegan diet |
| ⇒ 素食 | [ sù shí ] vegetables, vegetarian food |
| ⇒ 素食主義 | [ sù shí zhǔ yì ] vegetarianism |
| ⇒ 素食者 | [ sù shí zhě ] vegetarian |
| ⇒ 絕食 | [ jué shí ] to go on a hunger strike |
| ⇒ 絕食抗議 | [ jué shí kàng yì ] hunger strike |
| ⇒ 綠色食品 | [ lǜ sè shí pǐn ] clean, unadulterated food product, organic food |
| ⇒ 緊衣縮食 | [ jǐn yī suō shí ] see 節衣縮食|节衣缩食[jie2 yi1 suo1 shi2] |
| ⇒ 縮衣節食 | [ suō yī jié shí ] to economize on clothes and food, to scrimp and save (idiom) |
| ⇒ 缺衣少食 | [ quē yī shaǒ shí ] short of food and clothing, destitute |
| ⇒ 美食 | [ meǐ shí ] culinary delicacy, fine food, gourmet food |
| ⇒ 美食家 | [ meǐ shí jiā ] gourmet |
| ⇒ 肉食 | [ roù shí ] carnivorous |
| ⇒ 肉食動物 | [ roù shí dòng wù ] carnivore |
| ⇒ 膳食 | [ shàn shí ] meal |
| ⇒ 自由素食主義 | [ zì yoú sù shí zhǔ yì ] Freeganism |
| ⇒ 自食其力 | [ zì shí qí lì ] 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 | [ zì shí qí guǒ ] to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action, to reap what one has sown |
| ⇒ 自食惡果 | [ zì shí è guǒ ] 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 |
| ⇒ 自食苦果 | [ zì shí kǔ guǒ ] see 自食惡果|自食恶果[zi4 shi2 e4 guo3] |
| ⇒ 草食 | [ caǒ shí ] herbivorous |
| ⇒ 草食動物 | [ caǒ shí dòng wù ] herbivore, herbivorous animal |
| ⇒ 蔬食 | [ shū shí ] vegetarian meal, vegetarian diet |
| ⇒ 藥補不如食補 | [ yaò bǔ bù rú shí bǔ ] the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition |
| ⇒ 藥食同源 | [ yaò shí tóng yuán ] lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom), fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine |
| ⇒ 虎毒不食子 | [ hǔ dú bù shí zǐ ] a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom), even wild beasts look after their young |
| ⇒ 蠶食 | [ cán shí ] (lit. and fig.) to nibble away at |
| ⇒ 蠶食鯨吞 | [ cán shí jīng tūn ] lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom), fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale |
| ⇒ 衣單食薄 | [ yī dān shí bó ] thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty, destitute |
| ⇒ 衣食 | [ yī shí ] clothes and food |
| ⇒ 衣食住行 | [ yī shí zhù xíng ] clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs |
| ⇒ 衣食無憂 | [ yī shí wú yoū ] not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom), to be provided with the basic necessities |
| ⇒ 衣食無虞 | [ yī shí wú yú ] not having to worry about food and clothes (idiom), provided with the basic necessities |
| ⇒ 衣食父母 | [ yī shí fù mǔ ] the people one depends upon for one's livelihood, one's bread and butter |
| ⇒ 褐喉食蜜鳥 | [ hè hoú shí mì ] (bird species of China) brown-throated sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) |
| ⇒ 覓食 | [ mì shí ] to forage, to hunt for food, to scavenge, fig. to make a living |
| ⇒ 覓食行為 | [ mì shí xíng weí ] foraging |
| ⇒ 誘食劑 | [ yoù shí jì ] feeding attractant, phagostimulant |
| ⇒ 謀食 | [ moú shí ] to make a living, to strive to earn a living |
| ⇒ 豐衣足食 | [ fēng yī zú shí ] having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed |
| ⇒ 貪食 | [ tān shí ] greedy, glutton |
| ⇒ 輕食 | [ qīng shí ] light meal, snack |
| ⇒ 輟食吐哺 | [ chuò shí tǔ bǔ ] to stop eating and spit out |
| ⇒ 轉基因食品 | [ zhuǎn jī yīn shí pǐn ] genetically modified (GM) food |
| ⇒ 速食 | [ sù shí ] fast food (Tw) |
| ⇒ 速食店 | [ sù shí diàn ] fast food shop |
| ⇒ 速食麵 | [ sù shí miàn ] instant noodles |
| ⇒ 進食 | [ jìn shí ] to take a meal, to eat |
| ⇒ 過胖暴食症 | [ guò pàng baò shí zhèng ] binge eating disorder (BED) |
| ⇒ 酒食 | [ jiǔ shí ] food and drink |
| ⇒ 錦衣玉食 | [ jǐn yī yù shí ] brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury, extravagance |
| ⇒ 鐘鳴鼎食 | [ zhōng míng dǐng shí ] extravagant lifestyle |
| ⇒ 雜食 | [ zá shí ] omnivorous (zoology), snacks, a varied diet |
| ⇒ 雜食動物 | [ zá shí dòng wù ] omnivore |
| ⇒ 零食 | [ líng shí ] between-meal nibbles, snacks |
| ⇒ 飢不擇食 | [ jī bù zé shí ] 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. |
| ⇒ 飯食 | [ fàn shí ] food |
| ⇒ 飲食 | [ yǐn shí ] food and drink, diet |
| ⇒ 飲食療養 | [ yǐn shí yǎng ] diet |
| ⇒ 飽食終日 | [ baǒ shí zhōng rì ] to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work) |
| ⇒ 飽食終日，無所用心 | [ baǒ shí zhōng rì wú suǒ yòng xīn ] to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom), to be sated with food and remain idle |
| ⇒ 餐食 | [ cān shí ] food, meal |
| ⇒ 餓虎撲食 | [ è hǔ pū shí ] like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey |
| ⇒ 餵食 | [ weì shí ] to feed |
| ⇒ 麵食 | [ miàn shí ] food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc |
| ⇒ 黑心食品 | [ heī xīn shí pǐn ] contaminated food product unscrupulously marketed as wholesome |
| ⇒ 鼎食 | [ dǐng shí ] extravagant food |
| ⇒ 龍口奪食 | [ lóng koǔ duó shí ] to harvest hurriedly before rain comes |
