Definition
主食 (zhǔshí) refers to the main staple food in a meal (e.g., rice, noodles, bread) — what fills you up. In contrast, 粮食 (liángshi) is grain as a raw agricultural product (wheat, rice, corn) before it's cooked; 主食 is the prepared item on your plate.
noun
staple food
Easily confused
- 注视zhù shìsound-aliketo gaze at, to watch attentively
- 注释zhù shìsound-aliketo annotate, to add comments (to a text)
Examples
- ，主食。Zài Zhōngguó, mǐfàn shì nánfāng rén de zhǔ shí.In China, rice is the staple food for southerners.
- 主食。Běifāng rén cháng bǎ miàntiáo dàngzuò zhǔ shí.Northerners often take noodles as their staple food.
- 主食。Zhè jiā cāntīng de zhǔ shí kěyǐ miǎnfèi xùjiā.The staple food at this restaurant can be refilled for free.
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