飲食 (jam2 sik6 | yin3 shi2) : food and drink; to eat and drink

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飲食

jam2 sik6

yin3 shi2

food and drink; to eat and drink

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,720,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

飲食 / 饮食

This word has been viewed 3749 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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飲 jam2 - drink
食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food

8 compounds containing this word:

飲食療養 - diet
不良飲食習慣 - poor eating and drinking habits
飲飲食食 - [v] to eat out together; to invite one another to dinner or tea
飲食行業 - [n] the food processing and beverage industries
起居飲食 - activities of daily life
飲食店 - trattoria
低碳飲食 - low-carb diet
美國飲食協會 - American Dietetic Association

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車站入閘後及車廂內，嚴禁飲食
Eating or drinking is not allowed on trains, or in the paid areas of stations.
[MTR announcement]

請注意，地鐵車廂內嚴禁飲食，請保持車廂清潔衛生，多謝合作
Please remember. No eating or drinking on MTR trains. Help us keep them fresh, clean and tidy. Thank you!
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,132183 It's supposed to be a MTR announcement, but the wordings are not exactly the same.]

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

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Decimal representation of this word: 飲食

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