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Foodstuff in Chinese

foodstuff · HSK 4

食品 shí pǐn

  1. 食 shí to eat
  2. 品 pǐn article

Counted with 种: 一种食品 yì zhǒng shípǐn

这家超市的食品很新鲜。 The food at this supermarket is very fresh.

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How do you say foodstuff in Chinese?

Foodstuff in Chinese is 食品 (shí pǐn).

Which word should I use?

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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