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节食 meaning in English

jiéshí

to save food; to go on a diet

Traditional 節食14 strokes

Meaning of 节食

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiéshí
  1. to save food
  2. to go on a diet

节食 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ想xiǎng你nǐ应yīng该gāi节jié食shí了le。
I think you'd better go on a diet.
明míng天tiān，我wǒ开kāi始shǐ节jié食shí。
Tomorrow, I start the diet.
她tā在zài节jié食shí中zhōng。
She's dieting.
我wǒ在zài节jié食shí。
I'm on a diet.
我wǒ们men今jīn晚wǎn会huì吃chī很hěn多duō，所suǒ以yǐ我wǒ希xī望wàng你nǐ没méi有yǒu在zài节jié食shí。
We're going to eat a lot tonight so I hope you're not on a diet.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

节 jié · joint · 5 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

食 shí · food · 9 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 节食.

食物shíwùfood
节目jiémù(TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, vari
节日jiérìholiday; festival
音节yīnjiésyllable
春节ChūnjiéSpring Festival (Chinese New Year)
食品shípǐnfoodstuff; food; provisions
美食měishículinary delicacy; fine food
节约jiéyuēto economize; to conserve (resources)
细节xìjiédetails; particulars
季节jìjiétime; season
粮食liángshifoodstuff; cereals
节省jiéshěngsaving; to save

Questions about 节食

What does 节食 mean?

节食 (jiéshí) means "to save food; to go on a diet".

How do you write 节食?

节食 is made of 2 characters: 节 (5 strokes), 食 (9 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

How is 节食 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 节食 is written 節食.