食 shí

1. shí noun food; food and drink
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '食' shí 1a; Unihan '食')
2. shí noun Kangxi radical 184
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Food (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Unihan '食')
3. shí verb to eat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A transitive verb preceded by the subject doing the eating and usually followed by the object being eaten (Kroll 2015 '食' shí 1; Unihan '食')
4. sì verb to feed
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '食' sì 1)
5. shí noun meal; cooked cereals
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '食' shí 1a; Unihan '食')
6. sì verb to raise; to nourish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '食' sì 1a)
7. shí verb to receive; to accept
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '食' shí 2)
8. shí verb to receive an official salary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '食' shí 2a)
9. shí noun an eclipse
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Astronomy
   Notes: Also 蚀 (Kroll 2015 '食' shí 3; Wikipedia '食')

Contained in

• 草食动物(草食動物) herbivore; herbivorous animal
• 食量 quantity of food
• 龙口夺食(龍口奪食) to harvest hurriedly before rain comes
• 月食 a lunar eclipse
• 纯素食主义(純素食主義) veganism, a diet consisting solely of plant products; strict vegetarianism
• 纯素食(純素食) vegan; vegan food
• 饮食(飲食) food and drink ; to eat and drink
• 因噎废食(因噎廢食) not eating for fear of choking; to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
• 食品加工业(食品加工業) food processing
• 荐食上国(荐食上國) encroach on our territory
• 食不遑味 to capable of appreciating food and drink
• 禁食 to fast; to abstain from eating; to forbid the eating of (certain foods); a fast
• 食物链(食物鏈) food chain
• 稍食 monthly salary of an official
• 砚田之食(硯田之食) to make a living by writing
• 饭食(飯食) food ; a meal with rice
• 食蚁兽(食蟻獸) ant-eater (several different species)
• 钟鸣鼎食(鐘鳴鼎食) extravagant lifestyle
• 美食家 gourmet
• 绝食(絕食) to go on a hunger strike
• 无食子(無食子) wushizi; muzak
• 饱食(飽食) to be full after eating
• 食之无味，弃之可惜(食之無味，棄之可惜) to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it
• 盛食厉兵(盛食厲兵) abundant fodder and sharp weapons; get ready for battle
• 杂食(雜食) a snack ; a varied diet ; omnivorous
• 速食面(速食麵) instant noodles
• 暴食 to eat too much; to binge
• 寄食 to stay at temporarily; to sponge on
• 半素食主义(半素食主義) semi-vegetarianism
• 转基因食品(轉基因食品) genetically modified (GM) food
• 爽心美食 comfort food
• 食禄(食祿) to draw government pay; to be in public service; salary of an official
• 胃食道逆流 gastroesophageal reflux disease; acid reflux
• 食材 (food) ingredient
• 食菌 edible mushroom
• 节食(節食) to save food; to go on a diet
• 虎毒不食子 a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs; even wild beasts look after their young
• 热食(熱食) hot food
• 忘食 forget to eat
• 食肉目 Carnivora
• 食用 to be edible
• 餐食 food; meal
• 自由素食主义(自由素食主義) Freeganism
• 洁食(潔食) kosher
• 食不知味 eat without tasting the food; downhearted
• 零食 between-meal nibbles; snacks
• 食髓知味 eat bone marrow [one time] and know the flavor
• 饮食起居(飲食起居) drinking, eating, rising, resting; everyday life
• 灭此朝食(滅此朝食) not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed; anxious to do battle

Also contained in

食品药品监督局 、 非时食

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• 卷五十三　志第五:　　曆二 Volume 53 Treatises 6: Calendar 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 290
• 卷五十二 志第五 天文五 Volume 52 Treatises 5: Astronomy 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 197
• 卷二十七下之下 五行志 Volume 27e: Treatise on the Five Elements 5 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 146
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 132
• 卷三十一 志第七 曆一 Volume 31 Treatises 7: Calendar 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 125
• 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 98
• 卷六十九 志第二十二 律曆二 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Measures and Calendar 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 97
• 卷三十二　　　　志第二十二　　天文二 Volume 32 Treatises 26: Astronomy 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 94
• 《食部》 Shì Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 84
• 卷三十七 志第十三 曆七 Volume 37 Treatises 13: Calendar 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 75

Collocations

• 食桑葚 (食桑葚) 無食桑葚 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 4
• 退食 (退食) 退食自公 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧羔羊 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Gao Yang — count: 4
• 玉食 (玉食) 惟辟玉食 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3
• 鲜食 (鮮食) 暨益奏庶鮮食 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 3
• 蓐食 (蓐食) 秣馬蓐食 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 食贫 (食貧) 三歲食貧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 3
• 食野 (食野) 食野之苹 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧鹿鳴 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Lu Ming — count: 3
• 食郊 (食郊) 鼷鼠食郊牛角 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2
• 洛食 (洛食) 惟洛食 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 2
• 食粟 (食粟) 馬不食粟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2