美食

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Chinese

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beautiful; beauty; America
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
trad. (美食)
simp. #(美食)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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美食

  1. delicious food; fine cuisine; scrumptious dishes; culinary delights

Usage notes

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There is no exact equivalent for English food in Chinese. The most generic term for food is 食物 (shíwù). Use 食品 (shípǐn) for food products, 菜餚菜肴 (càiyáo) for dishes of food, 美食 (měishí) when the taste of the food is emphasised and 吃的 (chīde) in colloquial contexts. For food as in cuisine, consider (cài) or 料理 (liàolǐ).

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(しょく) (bishoku

  1. delicious food; fine cuisine; scrumptious dishes

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN