| 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 | 食盐 | 食鹽 | shí yán | shi2 yan2 | lit. to eat one's words; to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege; unsworn testimony; edible salt | | |
| 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 | 食欲 | 食慾 | shí yù | shi2 yu4 | appetite | | |
| 8 | 食指 | 食指 | shí zhǐ | shi2 zhi3 | index finger; (literary) mouths to feed | | |
| 9 | 食醋 | 食醋 | shí cù | shi2 cu4 | table vinegar | | |
| 10 | 食季 | 食季 | shí jì | shi2 ji4 | eclipse season | | |
| 11 | 食火鸡 | 食火雞 | shí huǒ jī | shi2 huo3 ji1 | cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea; Classifiers: 只 | | |
| 12 | 食后撤席 | 食後撤席 | shí hòu chè xí | shi2 hou4 che4 xi2 | to remove the cloth (after a meal) (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 食古不化 | 食古不化 | shí gǔ bù huà | shi2 gu3 bu4 hua4 | to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom); to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject | | |
| 14 | 食腐动物 | 食腐動物 | shí fǔ dòng wù | shi2 fu3 dong4 wu4 | scavenger | | |
| 15 | 食俸 | 食俸 | shí fèng | shi2 feng4 | salary of a public official; to be in government service | | |
| 16 | 食法 | 食法 | shí fǎ | shi2 fa3 | cooking method | | |
| 17 | 食指浩繁 | 食指浩繁 | shí zhǐ hào fán | shi2 zhi3 hao4 fan2 | many mouths to feed (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 食虫植物 | 食蟲植物 | shí chóng zhí wù | shi2 chong2 zhi2 wu4 | insectivorous plant | | |
| 19 | 食虫目 | 食蟲目 | shí chóng mù | Shi2 chong2 mu4 | Insectivora | | |
| 20 | 食草动物 | 食草動物 | shí cǎo dòng wù | shi2 cao3 dong4 wu4 | herbivore | | |
| 21 | 食材 | 食材 | shí cái | shi2 cai2 | (food) ingredient | | |
| 22 | 食不知味 | 食不知味 | shí bù zhī wèi | shi2 bu4 zhi1 wei4 | lit. to eat without tasting the food; worried or downhearted (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 食不停箸 | 食不停箸 | shí bù tíng zhù | shi2 bu4 ting2 zhu4 | unwilling to put down one's chopsticks (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 食不果腹 | 食不果腹 | shí bù guǒ fù | shi2 bu4 guo3 fu4 | lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom); fig. poverty-stricken | | |
| 25 | 食不充饥 | 食不充飢 | shí bù chōng jī | shi2 bu4 chong1 ji1 | to have little food to eat (idiom) | | |