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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 采食

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
采食 cǎi shí - to forage
- to gather for eating
- to pick and eat

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 37,014 88,822

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cǎi- color
- complexion
- looks
- variant of 彩[cai3]
- variant of 採|采[cai3]
cài- used in 采邑[cai4yi4] and 采地[cai4di4]
cǎi- to pick
- to pluck
- to collect
- to select
- to choose
- to gather
shí- to eat
- food
- animal feed
- eclipse
- to feed (a person or animal)

Other Words Containing 采食

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo