Food and drink in Chinese
food and drink · HSK 5
餐饮
- 餐 meal
- 饮 to drink
他在一家餐饮公司工作。 He works for a catering company.
Other ways to say food and drink
More words with 餐 or 饮
How do you say food and drink in Chinese?
Food and drink in Chinese is 餐饮 (cān yǐn). You can also say 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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