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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 饮食

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
饮食 yǐn shí - eating and drinking
- food and drink; diet

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
6 5 7,262 4,014 3,496

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yǐn- old variant of 飲|饮[yin3]
yǐn- to drink
yìn- to give (animals) water to drink
shí- to eat
- food
- animal feed
- eclipse
- to feed (a person or animal)

Other Words Containing 饮食

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
饮食 6 5 7,262 4,014 3,496