How to say “food” in Chinese
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“Food” in Chinese is 食物, shí wù: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
食物 is read shí wù: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the side of a character it shrinks to 饣: 饭, 饿, 饱.
On the left, 牛 “ox”; on the right, 勿 wù hints at the sound.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “食物”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 食物. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 冰箱里储存了不少食物bīngxiānglichǔcúnlebùshǎoshíwùThere's quite a lot of food stored in the fridge.
- 食物为身体提供能量。shíwùwèishēntǐtígōngnéngliàngFood gives the body energy.
More words from the lesson “Raw and Cooked”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “food” in Chinese?
“Food” in Chinese is 食物, pinyin shíwù.
What does 食物 mean?
食物 (shíwù) means “food”.
How do you write 食物?
食物 is 2 characters: 食 (shí) — food; eat; 物 (wù) — thing. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 食物?
食物 is read shíwù. Tones: shí — second tone, wù — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“food” in the lesson “Raw and Cooked”
This word is from the topic “Food and Cooking” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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