食物 shíwù

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Traditional form

食物 shíwù

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

食 shí

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of food being spooned into the mouth. Not related to 良 liáng .

Positional decomposition

⿱人良

Number of Strokes

物 wù

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 牛 Niú represents the meaning and 勿 wù represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "variety", depicting the variety of colors on a cow. Later the meaning shifted to "things".

Phonetic compound

勿 wù

Semantic compound

牛 Niú

Positional decomposition

⿰牛勿

Number of Strokes

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BAKER先生 Xiānsheng : 是 shì 的 de , 我 wǒ 喜欢 xǐhuan 辣 là 的 de 食物 shíwù ,你 nǐ 呢 ne , 你是干什么 shénme 工作 gōngzuò 的 de ?

MR BAKER: Yes, I like hot food Well, what do you do?

还有 hái yǒu 食物 shíwù 也 Yě 不同 bù tóng ! 我 wǒ 听说 tīng shuō 川菜 Chuān cài 很 hěn 辣 là .

B : And the food! I hear the cuisine is quite hot.

那个 nà ge 饿 è 汉 Hàn 贪婪 tānlán 地 de 把 bǎ 食物 shíwù 投入 tóurù 口中.

The hungry man greedily shovelled the food into his mouth.

我 wǒ 最 zuì 喜欢 xǐhuan 的 de 食物 shíwù 是 shì 饺子 jiǎozi 、比萨饼 bǐ sà bǐng 和 hé 酸辣汤 suān là tāng .

My favorite food are dumpnglings, pizza and hot and e sour soup.

上 shǎng 饭馆 fàn guǎn 吃 chī 过 Guò 油腻 yóunì 食物 shíwù 之后 zhī hòu ,他 tā 常 Cháng 受 shòu 消化 xiāohuà 不良 bù liáng 之苦.

He was prone to indigestion after rich restaurant meals.

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 食物 shíwù and their own compounds.

食 shí

良 liáng

艮 gěn , 丶 diǎn

人 rén

物 wù

勿 wù

丿 piě , 勹 bāo

See all 133 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 食物 shíwù in their composition.

食 shí

餐 cān

瀣 xiè

飾 shì

餌 ěr , 饕 tāo , 飨 xiǎng , 餠 bǐng , 餮 tiè , 餍 yàn , 餒 něi , 餬 hú , 飡 cān , 飧 sūn , 飮 yǐn , 飰 fàn , 飶 bì , 餀 hài , 餂 tiǎn , 餇 tóng , 餈 cí , 餋 juàn , 餗, 餟 zhuì , 餤 tán , 餧, 餩 è , 餪 nuǎn , 餫 hún , 餯 huì , 餲 hé , 餸, 饄 táng , 饇 yù , 饎 chì , 饐 yì , 饔 yōng , 饘, 饙 fēn , 喰 cān , 湌 cān , 篒, 蝕 shí , 飢 jī , 飣, 飤, 飥, 飦, 飩 tún , 飪 rèn , 飫 yù , 飭 chì , 飯 fàn , 飱
飲 yǐn , 飳, 飴 yí , 飵, 飷, 飸, 飹, 飺, 飻, 飼 sì , 飽 bǎo , 飿, 餁, 餃 jiǎo , 餄 hé , 餅 bǐng , 餆, 餉 xiǎng , 餎 le , 餏, 餑 bō , 餓 è , 餔, 餕 jùn , 餖, 餘 yú , 餙, 餚 yáo , 餛 hún , 餜, 餝, 餞 jiàn , 餡 xiàn , 餢, 餣, 餥, 餦, 館 guǎn , 餭, 餰, 餱, 餳, 餴, 餵 wèi , 餶, 餷, 餹, 餺, 餻, 餼 xì
餽, 餾 liú , 餿 sōu , 饀, 饁, 饂, 饃 mó , 饅 mán , 饆, 饈 xiū , 饉 jǐn , 饊 sǎn , 饋 kuì , 饌 zhuàn , 饍, 饏, 饑 jī , 饒 ráo , 饓, 饖, 饗 xiǎng , 饚, 饛, 饜 yàn , 饝, 饞 chán , 饟, 饠, 饡, 饢 náng