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熟食 (shú shí) — cooked food; prepared food (as opposed to raw ingredients)

Definition

noun
cooked foodprepared food (as opposed to raw ingredients)
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 熟食。
    Wǒ jīn tiān zài chāo shì mǎi le yì xiē shú shí.
    I bought some cooked food at the supermarket today.
  • 熟食，。
    Tā xí guàn chī shú shí, bù xǐ huan shēng shí.
    He is used to eating cooked food and doesn't like raw food.
  • 熟食。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì tā zàn shí zhī chī shú shí.
    The doctor advised him to eat only cooked food for the time being.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

熟shúcooked
食shífood

熟 means cooked, and 食 means food, so the word denotes cooked food.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

熟 combines 孰 (cooked; ripe) with 灬 (fire), showing food cooked with fire.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 亼亼jímouth
  • 皀皀jía bowl of rice on a stand

The form behind 食 shows 亼, a mouth, together with 皀, a bowl of rice on a stand. In modern 食, the bowl part has changed shape.

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