伙食
huǒ shí
Pinyin

Definition

伙食
 - 
huǒ shí
  1. food
  2. meals

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

家伙
jiā huo
  1. 1 variant of 家伙[jiā huo]
美食
měi shí
  1. 1 culinary delicacy
  2. 2 fine food
  3. 3 gourmet food
零食
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
食
shí
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 animal feed
  4. 4 eclipse
食品
shí pǐn
  1. 1 foodstuff
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 provisions
  4. 4 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
食物
shí wù
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
饮食
yǐn shí
  1. 1 food and drink
  2. 2 diet
主食
zhǔ shí
  1. 1 main food
  2. 2 staple (rice and noodles)
伙
huǒ
  1. 1 meals (abbr. for 伙食[huǒ shí])
  2. 2 variant of 夥|伙[huǒ]
伙伴
huǒ bàn
  1. 1 partner
  2. 2 companion
  3. 3 comrade
伙计
huǒ ji
  1. 1 partner
  2. 2 fellow
  3. 3 mate
  4. 4 waiter
  5. 5 servant
  6. 6 shop assistant
伙食
huǒ shí
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 meals
团伙
tuán huǒ
  1. 1 (criminal) gang
  2. 2 gang member
  3. 3 accomplice
  4. 4 crony
大伙
dà huǒ
  1. 1 everybody
  2. 2 everyone
  3. 3 we all
大伙儿
dà huǒ r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 大伙[dà huǒ]
小伙
xiǎo huǒ
  1. 1 young guy
  2. 2 lad
  3. 3 youngster
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
小伙子
xiǎo huǒ zi
  1. 1 young man
  2. 2 young guy
  3. 3 lad
  4. 4 youngster
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
挑食
tiāo shí
  1. 1 to be picky about food
散伙
sàn huǒ
  1. 1 to disband
  2. 2 (of a partnership, group etc) to break up
暴食
bào shí
  1. 1 to eat too much
  2. 2 to binge

Idioms (20)

三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
因噎废食
yīn yē fèi shí
  1. 1 lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  2. 2 to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters
寝食难安
qǐn shí nán ān
  1. 1 lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely worried and troubled
废寝忘食
fèi qǐn wàng shí
  1. 1 to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)
  2. 2 to skip one's sleep and meals
  3. 3 to be completely wrapped up in one's work
弱肉强食
ruò ròu qiáng shí
  1. 1 lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior
  2. 2 the law of the jungle
民以食为天
mín yǐ shí wéi tiān
  1. 1 Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.
  2. 2 Food first, ethical niceties second
灭此朝食
miè cǐ zhāo shí
  1. 1 lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed
  2. 2 anxious to do battle (idiom)
狂饮暴食
kuáng yǐn bào shí
  1. 1 drunken gluttony (idiom); eating and drinking to excess
率兽食人
shuài shòu shí rén
  1. 1 lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people
发愤忘食
fā fèn wàng shí
  1. 1 so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
砚田之食
yàn tián zhī shí
  1. 1 to make a living by writing (idiom)
节衣缩食
jié yī suō shí
  1. 1 to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
箪食壶浆
dān shí hú jiāng
  1. 1 to receive troops with food and drink (idiom)
  2. 2 to give troops a hearty welcome
  3. 3 also pr. [dān sì hú jiāng]
缩衣节食
suō yī jié shí
  1. 1 to economize on clothes and food
  2. 2 to scrimp and save (idiom)
自食其力
zì shí qí lì
  1. 1 lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stand on one's own feet
  3. 3 to earn one's own living
自食其果
zì shí qí guǒ
  1. 1 to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action
  2. 2 to reap what one has sown
自食恶果
zì shí è guǒ
  1. 1 lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions
  3. 3 to stew in one's own juice
药食同源
yào shí tóng yuán
  1. 1 lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine

Sample Sentences

你一个月伙食费能花多少钱？在学校食堂吃的话，一天三十块够了吧？一个月算你一千块。
nǐ yī ge yuè huǒshífèi néng huā duōshǎo qián ？zài xuéxiào shítáng chī dehuà ，yītiān sānshí kuài gòu le ba ？yī ge yuè suàn nǐ yīqiān kuài 。
How much money do you spend on food in a month? If you eat at the school cafeteria, isn't thirty kuai a day enough? For one month that comes to one thousand kuai.
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在中国喝咖啡实在太贵了。二三十块一杯，都够我一天的伙食费了。
zài Zhōngguó hē kāfēi shízài tài guì le 。èrsānshí kuài yī bēi ，dōu gòu wǒ yī tiān de huǒshí fèi le 。
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