How to say “diet” in Chinese
diet, food and drink
“Diet” in Chinese is 饮食, yǐn shí: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
饮食 is read yǐn shí: 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 left, 饣 “food”.
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 “饮食”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 饮食. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 他很注意饮食，每天吃很多蔬菜。tāhěnzhùyìyǐnshí,měitiānchīhěnduōshūcàiHe watches his diet and eats lots of vegetables every day.
- 健康的饮食很重要jiànkāngdeyǐnshíhěnzhòngyàoA healthy diet is very important.
- 南方和北方的饮食习惯存在很大差异。nánfānghéběifāngdeyǐnshíxíguàncúnzàihěndàchāyìEating habits in the south and the north differ a lot.
More words from the lesson “Calories and shelf life”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “diet” in Chinese?
“Diet” in Chinese is 饮食, pinyin yǐnshí.
What does 饮食 mean?
饮食 (yǐnshí) means “diet, food and drink”.
How do you write 饮食?
饮食 is 2 characters: 饮 (yǐn) — drink; beverage; 食 (shí) — food; eat. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 饮食?
饮食 is read yǐnshí. Tones: yǐn — third tone, shí — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“diet” 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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