食
shí
Pinyin

Definition

食
 - 
shí
  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse
食
 - 
sì
  1. to feed (a person or animal)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (28)

食
shí
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 animal feed
  4. 4 eclipse
食
sì
  1. 1 to feed (a person or animal)
餐
cān
  1. 1 meal
  2. 2 to eat
  3. 3 classifier for meals
饕
tāo
  1. 1 gluttonous
  2. 2 see also: 饕餮 tāo tiè
  3. 3 zoomorphic mask motif
飧
sūn
  1. 1 (literary) supper

Related Words (20)

美食
měi shí
  1. 1 culinary delicacy
  2. 2 fine food
  3. 3 gourmet food
零食
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
食
shí
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 animal feed
  4. 4 eclipse
食品
shí pǐn
  1. 1 foodstuff
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 provisions
  4. 4 classifier: 种 zhǒng
食物
shí wù
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
因噎废食
yīn yē fèi shí
  1. 1 lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  2. 2 to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters
寝食难安
qǐn shí nán ān
  1. 1 lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely worried and troubled

Sample Sentences

加工食品对身体不好，别吃太多。
jiāgōng shípǐn duì shēntǐ bùhǎo ，bié chī tài duō 。
Processed food is not food for health. Don't eat it too much.
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小朋友的零食呢？
xiǎopéngyǒu de língshí ne ？
What about the snacks for the kids?
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而这一类被用来融入环境，避开捕食者视线的颜色就称为保护色。
ér zhè yī lèi bèi yònglái róngrù huánjìng ，bìkāi bǔshízhě shìxiàn de yánsè jiù chēngwéi bǎohùsè 。
And these types of skin colors that are used to blend into the environment or to avoid predators are called a camouflage. 
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我经常刚一下课就立即冲到食堂。
wǒ jīngcháng gāng yī xiàkè jiù lìjí chōng dào shítáng 。
Immediately: I often dash to the cafeteria immediately after class.
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食堂怎么走？
shítáng zěnme zǒu ？
How do I get to the cafeteria?
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有没有人不敢吃生食？
yǒuméiyǒu rén bù gǎn chī shēng sì ？
Does anyone not eat raw food?
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一看到酸的食物就不自觉地流下口水是一种后天形成的条件反射现象。
yī kàn dào suān de shíwù jiù bùzìjué de liú xià kǒushuǐ shì yīzhǒng hòutiān xíngchéng de tiáojiànfǎnshè xiànxiàng 。
It is an acquired conditioned reflex that one drools unconsciously when seeing sour food.
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我们看到酸的食物就流口水也是一样的。
wǒmen kàndào suān de shíwù jiù liú kǒushuǐ yě shì yīyàng de 。
It goes the same for us. When seeing sour food, we salivate.
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我们进食的时候，口腔内部会受到刺激，大脑就会下令分泌能帮助消化食物的唾液，其中又以酸的食物所产生的刺激最为强烈。
wǒmen jìnshí de shíhou ，kǒuqiāng nèibù huì shòudào cìjī ，dànǎo jiù huì xiàlìng fēnmì néng bāngzhù xiāohuà shíwù de tuòyè ，qízhōng yòu yǐ suān de shíwù suǒ chǎnshēng de cìjī zuìwéi qiángliè 。
When we are eating, we get oral stimulation. Our brain would command the mouth to secrete saliva in order to help digest the food. Among which, sour food induces the most stimulation.
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时间一久，就算还没尝到酸的食物，光是想像，大脑也会习惯性地发出信号让口腔内部分泌唾液。
shíjiān yī jiǔ ，jiùsuàn hái méi cháng dào suān de shíwù ，guāngshì xiǎngxiàng ，dànǎo yě huì xíguànxìng de fāchū xìnhào ràng kǒuqiāng nèibù fēnmì tuòyè 。
As time passes by, even though we haven't eaten sour food yet, our brain would customarily send signals to make our mouth secrete saliva by simply imagining sour food.
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