Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
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 | 食用 | 食用 | shí yòng | shi2 yong4 | food product; to use as food; edible | ||
5 | 食堂 | 食堂 | shí táng | shi2 tang2 | dining hall; Classifiers: 个 | ||
6 | 食欲 | 食慾 | shí yù | shi2 yu4 | appetite | ||
7 | 食指 | 食指 | shí zhǐ | shi2 zhi3 | index finger; (literary) mouths to feed | ||
8 | 食补 | 食補 | shí bǔ | shi2 bu3 | tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful); to eat such foods | ||
9 | 食不充饥 | 食不充飢 | shí bù chōng jī | shi2 bu4 chong1 ji1 | to have little food to eat (idiom) | ||
10 | 食不甘味 | 食不甘味 | shí bù gān wèi | shi2 bu4 gan1 wei4 | to have no appetite for food; to be beset with worries (idiom) | ||
11 | 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 | ||
12 | 食不停箸 | 食不停箸 | shí bù tíng zhù | shi2 bu4 ting2 zhu4 | unwilling to put down one's chopsticks (idiom) | ||
13 | 食不厌精,脍不厌细 | 食不厭精,膾不厭細 | shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì | shi2 bu4 yan4 jing1 , kuai4 bu4 yan4 xi4 | lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects); fig. to be fastidious about one's food | ||
14 | 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) | ||
15 | 食材 | 食材 | shí cái | shi2 cai2 | (food) ingredient | ||
16 | 食槽 | 食槽 | shí cáo | shi2 cao2 | manger | ||
17 | 食草动物 | 食草動物 | shí cǎo dòng wù | shi2 cao3 dong4 wu4 | herbivore | ||
18 | 食虫目 | 食蟲目 | shí chóng mù | Shi2 chong2 mu4 | Insectivora | ||
19 | 食虫植物 | 食蟲植物 | shí chóng zhí wù | shi2 chong2 zhi2 wu4 | insectivorous plant | ||
20 | 食醋 | 食醋 | shí cù | shi2 cu4 | table vinegar | ||
21 | 食道 | 食道 | shí dào | shi2 dao4 | esophagus; the proper way to eat; food transportation route | ||
22 | 食道癌 | 食道癌 | shí dào ái | shi2 dao4 ai2 | esophageal cancer | ||
23 | 食而不化 | 食而不化 | shí ér bù huà | shi2 er2 bu4 hua4 | to eat without digesting; to read without understanding (idiom) | ||
24 | 食法 | 食法 | shí fǎ | shi2 fa3 | cooking method | ||
25 | 食俸 | 食俸 | shí fèng | shi2 feng4 | salary of a public official; to be in government service | ||
26 | 食腐动物 | 食腐動物 | shí fǔ dòng wù | shi2 fu3 dong4 wu4 | scavenger | ||
27 | 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 | ||
28 | 食管 | 食管 | shí guǎn | shi2 guan3 | esophagus | ||
29 | 食后撤席 | 食後撤席 | shí hòu chè xí | shi2 hou4 che4 xi2 | to remove the cloth (after a meal) (idiom) | ||
30 | 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 | ||
31 | 食季 | 食季 | shí jì | shi2 ji4 | eclipse season | ||
32 | 食具 | 食具 | shí jù | shi2 ju4 | tableware | ||
33 | 食菌 | 食菌 | shí jùn | shi2 jun4 | edible mushroom | ||
34 | 食客 | 食客 | shí kè | shi2 ke4 | diner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger | ||
35 | 食粮 | 食糧 | shí liáng | shi2 liang2 | food cereals | ||
36 | 食量 | 食量 | shí liàng | shi2 liang4 | quantity of food | ||
37 | 食疗 | 食療 | shí liáo | shi2 liao2 | food therapy; treatment via food (TCM) | ||
38 | 食料 | 食料 | shí liào | shi2 liao4 | foodstuff | ||
39 | 食禄 | 食祿 | shí lù | shi2 lu4 | to draw government pay; to be in public service; salary of an official | ||
40 | 食毛践土 | 食毛踐土 | shí máo jiàn tǔ | shi2 mao2 jian4 tu3 | to live on the land and eat what it produces (idiom) | ||
41 | 食品安全 | 食品安全 | shí pǐn ān quán | shi2 pin3 an1 quan2 | food safety | ||
42 | 食品加工机 | 食品加工機 | shí pǐn jiā gōng jī | shi2 pin3 jia1 gong1 ji1 | food processor | ||
43 | 食品摊 | 食品攤 | shí pǐn tān | shi2 pin3 tan1 | food vendor's stand | ||
44 | 食品药品监督管理局 | 食品藥品監督管理局 | shí pǐn yào pǐn jiān dū guǎn lǐ jú | Shi2 pin3 Yao4 pin3 Jian1 du1 Guan3 li3 ju2 | (China) Food and Drug Administration | ||
45 | 食品药品监督局 | 食品藥品監督局 | shí pǐn yào pǐn jiān dū jú | shi2 pin3 yao4 pin3 jian1 du1 ju2 | state food and drug administration (SDA) | ||
46 | 食谱 | 食譜 | shí pǔ | shi2 pu3 | cookbook; recipe; diet; Classifiers: 份 | ||
47 | 食顷 | 食頃 | shí qǐng | shi2 qing3 | a short moment | ||
48 | 食人 | 食人 | shí rén | shi2 ren2 | man-eating (beast); to eat people; fig. to oppress the people | ||
49 | 食人魔 | 食人魔 | shí rén mó | shi2 ren2 mo2 | ogre | ||
50 | 食人鲨 | 食人鯊 | shí rén shā | shi2 ren2 sha1 | man-eating shark; same as 大白鲨 , great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) | ||
51 | 食人俗 | 食人俗 | shí rén sú | shi2 ren2 su2 | cannibalism | ||
52 | 食人鱼 | 食人魚 | shí rén yú | shi2 ren2 yu2 | piranha | ||
53 | 食肉 | 食肉 | shí ròu | shi2 rou4 | carnivorous | ||
54 | 食肉动物 | 食肉動物 | shí ròu dòng wù | shi2 rou4 dong4 wu4 | carnivore | ||
55 | 食肉类 | 食肉類 | shí ròu lèi | shi2 rou4 lei4 | carnivorous species | ||
56 | 食肉目 | 食肉目 | shí ròu mù | shi2 rou4 mu4 | Carnivora, order of carnivores within Mammalia | ||
57 | 食肉寝皮 | 食肉寢皮 | shí ròu qǐn pí | shi2 rou4 qin3 pi2 | to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb; implacable hatred; to have sb's guts for garters | ||
58 | 食色 | 食色 | shí sè | shi2 se4 | food and sex; appetite and lust | ||
59 | 食色性也 | 食色性也 | shí sè xìng yě | shi2 se4 xing4 ye3 | Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).; By nature we desire food and sex. | ||
60 | 食肆 | 食肆 | shí sì | shi2 si4 | restaurant; eatery | ||
61 | 食宿 | 食宿 | shí sù | shi2 su4 | board and lodging; room and board | ||
62 | 食荼卧棘 | 食荼臥棘 | shí tú wò jí | shi2 tu2 wo4 ji2 | to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people | ||
63 | 食无求饱 | 食無求飽 | shí wú qiú bǎo | shi2 wu2 qiu2 bao3 | to eat sparingly; to practice restraint in eating (idiom) | ||
64 | 食物房 | 食物房 | shí wù fáng | shi2 wu4 fang2 | larder; pantry | ||
65 | 食物柜 | 食物櫃 | shí wù guì | shi2 wu4 gui4 | larder; pantry | ||
66 | 食物及药品管理局 | 食物及藥品管理局 | shí wù jí yào pǐn guǎn lǐ jú | shi2 wu4 ji2 yao4 pin3 guan3 li3 ju2 | US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA) | ||
67 | 食物链 | 食物鏈 | shí wù liàn | shi2 wu4 lian4 | food chain | ||
68 | 食物油 | 食物油 | shí wù yóu | shi2 wu4 you2 | cooking oil; food oil | ||
69 | 食物中毒 | 食物中毒 | shí wù zhòng dú | shi2 wu4 zhong4 du2 | food poisoning | ||
70 | 食蟹獴 | 食蟹獴 | shí xiè měng | shi2 xie4 meng3 | see 蟹獴 | ||
71 | 食言 | 食言 | shí yán | shi2 yan2 | edible salt; lit. to eat one's words; to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege; unsworn testimony | ||
72 | 食言而肥 | 食言而肥 | shí yán ér féi | shi2 yan2 er2 fei2 | lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom); fig. not to live up to one's promises | ||
73 | 食衣住行 | 食衣住行 | shí yī zhù xíng | shi2 yi1 zhu4 xing2 | see 衣食住行 | ||
74 | 食蚁兽 | 食蟻獸 | shí yǐ shòu | shi2 yi3 shou4 | ant-eater (several different species) | ||
75 | 食用植物 | 食用植物 | shí yòng zhí wù | shi2 yong4 zhi2 wu4 | edible plants; vegetables | ||
76 | 食油 | 食油 | shí yóu | shi2 you2 | cooking oil | ||
77 | 食玉炊桂 | 食玉炊桂 | shí yù chuī guì | shi2 yu4 chui1 gui4 | food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom); the cost of living is very high | ||
78 | 食之无味 | 食之無味 | shí zhī wú wèi | shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 | to find it tasteless (idiom) | ||
79 | 食之无味,弃之不甘 | 食之無味,棄之不甘 | shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī bù gān | shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 bu4 gan1 | see 食之無味 ,食之无味 ,弃之可惜 | ||
80 | 食之无味,弃之可惜 | 食之無味,棄之可惜 | shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī | shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1 | lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom); fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them | ||
81 | 食指浩繁 | 食指浩繁 | shí zhǐ hào fán | shi2 zhi3 hao4 fan2 | many mouths to feed (idiom) |
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