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The Chinese word shiwu - 食物 - shíwù
(food in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
shíwù
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English translations
food,
eatable, edible, meat, eating
Chinese characters:
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The traditional Chinese characters of shíwù are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 食物 ( shiwu / shíwù ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Bingxiang li you hen duo shiwu.
Bīngxiāng lǐ yǒu hěn duō shíwù.– English translation: There is a lot of food in the fridge.
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
to eat | matter
食物 ( shiwu / shíwù ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 793)
食物 ( shiwu / shíwù ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 793)
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