食
欲

Appetite in Chinese: 食欲 (shí yù)

shí yù

appetite

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 食慾1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1appetite

Stroke order

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食
欲

Zhuyin

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ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

ㄩˋ

yù

ㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

食欲

Simplified

食慾

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我这几天生病，一点食欲都没有。

    wǒ zhè jǐ tiān shēng bìng， yì diǎn shí yù dōu méi yǒu。

    I've been sick these past few days and have no appetite at all.

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Related words

食品

shí pǐn

foodstuff

粮食

liáng shi

foodstuff

零食

líng shí

between-meal nibbles

食物

shí wù

food

美食

měi shí

culinary delicacy

食堂

shí táng

dining hall

饮食

yǐn shí

eating and drinking

伙食

huǒ shí

food

膳食

shàn shí

meals

食宿

shí sù

board and lodging

食用

shí yòng

to eat

素食

sù shí

vegetarian food

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