Eating and drinking in Chinese
eating and drinking · HSK 5
饮食
- 饮 to drink
- 食 to eat
医生让他注意饮食。 The doctor told him to watch his diet.
More words with 饮 or 食
How do you say eating and drinking in Chinese?
Eating and drinking in Chinese is 饮食 (yǐn shí).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
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