How to say “eat” in Chinese
eat, consume
“Eat” in Chinese is 食用, shí yòng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke.
How to pronounce it
食用 is read shí yòng: 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.
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 “食用”.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “eat” in Chinese?
“Eat” in Chinese is 食用, pinyin shíyòng.
What does 食用 mean?
食用 (shíyòng) means “eat, consume”.
How do you write 食用?
食用 is 2 characters: 食 (shí) — food; eat; 用 (yòng) — use. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 食用?
食用 is read shíyòng. Tones: shí — second tone, yòng — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“eat” in the lesson “Calories and shelf life”
This word is from the topic “Food and Cooking” of HSK 5. 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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