美
食

Culinary delicacy in Chinese: 美食 (měi shí)

měi shí

culinary delicacy

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Definitions

  1. 1culinary delicacy
  2. 2fine food
  3. 3gourmet food

Stroke order

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美
食

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄟˇ

měi

ㄇ/ mㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 这条街上有很多美食。

    zhè tiáo jiē shàng yǒu hěn duō měi shí。

    There is a lot of delicious food on this street.

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Related words

美

měi

beautiful

美丽

měi lì

beautiful

食品

shí pǐn

foodstuff

粮食

liáng shi

foodstuff

零食

líng shí

between-meal nibbles

美术

měi shù

art

食物

shí wù

food

完美

wán měi

perfect

优美

yōu měi

graceful

赞美

zàn měi

to admire

美好

měi hǎo

beautiful

美元

měi yuán

American dollar

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