Chinese Character Dictionary

食料

shí liào

foodstuff

食槽

shí cáo

manger

食油

shí yóu

cooking oil

食法

shí fă

cooking method

食火鸡

shí huŏ jī

cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea

食物

shí wù

food

食物中毒

shí wù zhòng dú

food poisoning

食物及药品管理局

shí wù jí yào pĭn guăn lĭ jú

US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)

食物房

shí wù fáng

larder

食物柜

shí wù guì

larder

食物油

shí wù yóu

cooking oil

食物链

shí wù liàn

food chain

食用

shí yòng

food product

食疗

shí liáo

food therapy

食禄

shí lù

to draw government pay

食管

shí guăn

esophagus

食粮

shí liáng

food cereals

食肆

shí sì

restaurant

食肉

shí ròu

carnivorous

食肉动物

shí ròu dòng wù

carnivore

食肉寝皮

shí ròu qĭn pí

to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb

食肉目

shí ròu mù

Carnivora, order of carnivores within Mammalia

食肉类

shí ròu lèi

carnivorous species

食腐动物

shí fŭ dòng wù

scavenger

食色

shí sè

food and sex

食色性也

shí sè xìng yĕ

Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).

食草动物

shí căo dòng wù

herbivore

食荼卧棘

shí tú wò jí

to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people

食菌

shí jùn

edible mushroom

食虫植物

shí chóng zhí wù

insectivorous plant

食虫目

Shí chóng mù

Insectivora

食蟹獴

shí xiè mĕng

see 蟹獴[xiè mĕng]

食蚁兽

shí yĭ shòu

ant-eater (several different species)

食衣住行

shí yī zhù xíng

see 衣食住行[yī shí zhù xíng]

食补

shí bŭ

nutritional food that helps build up one's health

食言

shí yán

lit. to eat one's words

食言而肥

shí yán ér féi

lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)

食谱

shí pŭ

cookbook

食道

shí dào

esophagus

食道癌

shí dào ái

esophageal cancer

食醋

shí cù

table vinegar

食量

shí liàng

quantity of food

食顷

shí qĭng

a short moment

食盐

shí yán

edible salt

飡

cān

variant of 餐[cān]

饥

jī

hungry

饥不择食

jī bù zé shí

when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers

饥寒交迫

jī hán jiāo pò

beset by hunger and cold (idiom)

饥渴

jī kĕ

hunger and thirst

饥肠辘辘

jī cháng lù lù

stomach rumbling with hunger

饥饿

jī è

hunger

饤

dìng

display food for show only

饲

sì

old variant of 飼|饲[sì]

飥

tuō

(cake)

飧

sūn

(literary) supper

饨

tún

Chinese ravioli

饪

rèn

cooked food

饫

yù

full (as of eating)

饫甘餍肥

yù gān yàn féi

to live off the fat of the land (idiom)

飬

juàn

old variant of 餋[juàn]