食 (shí) — (bound form) food; meal; (bound form) to eat (archaic, in set phrases or compounds)
Definition
食 (shí) is a bound form used inside set compounds — common in 食物, 食堂, 饮食 — and almost never stands alone in modern Chinese.
bound form
(bound form) foodmeal(bound form) to eat (archaic, in set phrases or compounds)
Examples
- 。Zhè zhǒng shí wù hěn yǒu yíng yǎng.This kind of food is very nutritious.
- 。Wǒ men zhōng wǔ qù shí táng chī fàn ba.Let's go to the cafeteria for lunch.
- 。Jiàn kāng de yǐn shí duì shēn tǐ hǎo.A healthy diet is good for the body.
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