| 1 | 食物 | 食物 | shí wù | shi2 wu4 | food; Classifiers: 种 | | |
| 2 | 食 | 食 | shí | shi2 | to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse | | |
| 3 | 食品 | 食品 | shí pǐn | shi2 pin3 | foodstuff; food; provisions; Classifiers: 种 | | |
| 4 | 饮食 | 飲食 | yǐn shí | yin3 shi2 | food and drink; diet | | |
| 5 | 食用 | 食用 | shí yòng | shi2 yong4 | food product; to use as food; edible | | |
| 6 | 食堂 | 食堂 | shí táng | shi2 tang2 | dining hall; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 7 | 捕食 | 捕食 | bǔ shí | bu3 shi2 | to prey on; to catch and feed on; to hunt for food | | |
| 8 | 食欲 | 食慾 | shí yù | shi2 yu4 | appetite | | |
| 9 | 吞食 | 吞食 | tūn shí | tun1 shi2 | to devour | | |
| 10 | 伙食 | 伙食 | huǒ shí | huo3 shi2 | food; meals | | |
| 11 | 膳食 | 膳食 | shàn shí | shan4 shi2 | meal | | |
| 12 | 肉食 | 肉食 | ròu shí | rou4 shi2 | carnivorous | | |
| 13 | 食指 | 食指 | shí zhǐ | shi2 zhi3 | index finger; (literary) mouths to feed | | |
| 14 | 生酮饮食 | 生酮飲食 | shēng tóng yǐn shí | sheng1 tong2 yin3 shi2 | ketogenic diet | | |
| 15 | 全素食 | 全素食 | quán sù shí | quan2 su4 shi2 | vegan | | |
| 16 | 餐食 | 餐食 | cān shí | can1 shi2 | food; meal | | |
| 17 | 诱食剂 | 誘食劑 | yòu shí jì | you4 shi2 ji4 | feeding attractant; phagostimulant | | |
| 18 | 吹箫乞食 | 吹簫乞食 | chuī xiāo qǐ shí | chui1 xiao1 qi3 shi2 | to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥 , destitute refugee from Chu 楚 , busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician | | |
| 19 | 足衣足食 | 足衣足食 | zú yī zú shí | zu2 yi1 zu2 shi2 | to have no shortage of food and clothing (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 布衣素食 | 布衣素食 | bù yī sù shí | bu4 yi1 su4 shi2 | to dress quietly and abstain from eating meat (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 布衣蔬食 | 布衣蔬食 | bù yī shū shí | bu4 yi1 shu1 shi2 | thrifty and simple life (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 不食人间烟火 | 不食人間煙火 | bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ | bu4 shi2 ren2 jian1 yan1 huo3 | lit. not eating the food of common mortals; fig. placing oneself above the common populace | | |
| 23 | 不遑暇食 | 不遑暇食 | bù huáng xiá shí | bu4 huang2 xia2 shi2 | too busy to eat (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 暴食 | 暴食 | bào shí | bao4 shi2 | to eat too much; to binge | | |
| 25 | 饱食终日无所用心 | 飽食終日無所用心 | bǎo shí zhōng rì wú suǒ yòng xīn | bao3 shi2 zhong1 ri4 wu2 suo3 yong4 xin1 | eat three square meals a day and do no work; be sated with food and remain idle | | |