Chinese

食物

/ʂɻ̩³⁵ u⁵¹/
food
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 2

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  • characterChinese食 “to eat; to have a meal; to take in”
    • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
      • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
      • ideaChinese一 “one”
    • ideaChinese皀 “Prepared food, a vessel full of food (as in 即 and 既, in which is simplified)”
  • characterChinese物 “thing, matter”
    • meaningChinese牛 “bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak (Classifier: 頭／头 m c mb md; 條／条 m g h x; 隻／只 m c g …”
    • soundChinese勿 “do not; don't”

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