Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/食-shí-eat

食 shí eat in Mandarin Chinese

Definition

This character is itself a very common radical meaning “eat,” which is written as 饣(飠) when occurring at the left-hand side of a character. The colloquial name for this radical is 食字旁 shízìpáng “side made up of the character 食.” The radical 食 often indicates food, e.g., 饭(飯) fàn. Distinguish 食 from traditional 會 huì.

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

Other Lessons

• 茶 chá tea
• 切 qiē cut, slice
• 情 qíng sentiment; situation, condition
• 任 rèn duty; bear (a burden), Rén (as a surname)
• 还是 háishì
• 抽 chōu take out, draw out
• 预(預) yù prepare; in advance
• 读(讀) dú read, read aloud; study
• 发(發) fā put forth, issue, distribute
• 责(責) zé duty, responsibility