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摄入 (shè rù) — to take in; to absorb; to consume (food, nutrients, etc.); intake; consumption

Definition

摄入 (shèrù) is a formal, written-style verb for taking something INTO the body, focused on quantified intake (nutrients, calories, medication). Unlike everyday 吃/喝, it emphasizes measurement and consumption amount rather than the act of eating.

verb
to take into absorbto consume (food, nutrients, etc.)intakeconsumption

Examples

  • 摄入。
    Měi cān dōu yào shè rù zú gòu de dàn bái zhì.
    You need to take in enough protein at every meal.
  • 摄入。
    Tā měi tiān shè rù de kǎ lù lǐ tài duō le.
    He consumes too many calories every day.
  • 摄入。
    Zhè zhǒng yào wù kě yǐ tōng guò kǒu fú shè rù.
    This medication can be taken orally.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

摄shètake/absorb
入rùin/enter

摄 (take/absorb) + 入 (in) builds the idea of taking something into the body.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 攝; 摄 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
聶
聶niè攝shè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 攝 combines 扌 (hand) with 聶 as a sound part; the simplified 摄 is a later shorthand.

Open 摄 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

Open 入 →
Appears in
Biology

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