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饮食

饮食 yǐnshí

饮食 yǐnshí Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 饮食 yǐnshí .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǐnshí | yin3 shi2
English translation
food and drink
diet

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Traditional form

飲食

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 饮食 yǐnshí

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 饮食 yǐnshí .

yǐn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shí represents the meaning and qiàn represents the sound. Simplified form of yǐn .

Phonetic compound

qiàn

Semantic compound

shí

Positional decomposition

饣欠

Number of Strokes

7
shí

Type

pictographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

人良

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 饮食 yǐnshí

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身体 shēntǐ hǎo 归功 guī gōng 适当 shì dàng de 饮食 yǐnshí 运动 yùndòng .

He ascribed his good health to proper diet and exercise.

如果 rúguǒ 运动员 yùn dòng yuán yǒu 营养 yíngyǎng 均衡 jūn héng de 饮食 yǐnshí , jiù 需要 xūyào chī 维生素 wéishēngsù wán ( piān ).

If athletes have a balanceddiet, they dot't need to take vitamin pills?

调养 tiáo yǎng : 冬季 dōng jì 饮食 yǐnshí nián yìng 生冷 shēng lěng .

Seven suitable gruel recuperations: The winter drinks sticks hardly.

自从 zìcóng 节制 jiézhì 饮食 yǐnshí 以来 yǐlái 已经 yǐjīng shòu le 不少 bù shǎo .

He's thinned down a lot since he went on a diet.

必须 bìxū 限定 xiàn dìng 饮食 yǐnshí 因为 yīnwèi tài pán le .

You must go on a diet because you are too fat.

饮食 yǐnshí Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 饮食 yǐnshí and their own compounds.

饮食 yǐnshí Compounds

See all 132 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 饮食 yǐnshí in their composition.

  • yǐn
    • shí
      • cān
      • shì
      • ěr , tāo , xiǎng , bǐng , tiè , yàn , něi , , cān , sūn , yǐn , fàn , , hài , tiǎn , tóng , , juàn , , zhuì , tán , , è , nuǎn , hún , huì , , , táng , , chì , , yōng , , fēn , cān , cān , , shí , , , , , , tún , rèn , , chì , fàn ,
      • yǐn , , , , , , , , , , bǎo , , , jiǎo , , bǐng , , xiǎng , le , , , è , , jùn , , , , yáo , hún , , , jiàn , xiàn , , , , , guǎn , , , , , , wèi , , , , , ,
      • , liú , 餿 sōu , , , , , mán , , xiū , jǐn , sǎn , kuì , zhuàn , , , , ráo , , , xiǎng , , , yàn , , chán , , , , náng
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