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零食

língshí

snack

HSK 4 · Topic “Food and taste”
A bowl full of snacks
Memory picture

Characters in this word

零 líng

Strokes
13
Radical
雨 — rain
Made of
雨 rain 令 command, decree, order
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

食 shí

Strokes
9
Radical
食 — food
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 食

Example phrases

  • 我爱吃零食。 Wǒ ài chī língshí. I love eating snacks.
  • 别买零食了。 Bié mǎi língshí le. Do not buy snacks anymore.
  • 零食在桌上。 Língshí zài zhuō shàng. The snacks are on the table.

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