(shí wù) - food, foodstuff in Mandarin
shíwùTraditional: 食物
Translation
food, foodstuff
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Word origin
A compound of 食 (shí) 'to eat, food' and 物 (wù) 'thing, matter'. 食 is a pictograph of a vessel of food under a lid; 物 is a phono-semantic compound with 牛 (cow) as radical and 勿 (wù) as phonetic. Together they mean foodstuff.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 食 (shí, food) + 物 (wù, thing: 牛 cow radical + 勿 phonetic)
Stroke order
食
物
Examples
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The food at this restaurant is delicious.
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We need more food.
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She does not eat meat food.
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The food at this restaurant is very fresh.
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Please do not waste food.
食物 (shí wù) means food, foodstuff. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 11, lesson 2: 食物, 必要, 人生 and 7 more words.