Meaning of 食用
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shíyòng
- to eat; to consume
- edible
食用 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
旧约书中禁止食用贝类等有壳的水生动物。
The Old Testament forbids eating shellfish.
真的不敢相信你在吃医生叮嘱不要食用的东西。
I can't believe you are eating something the doctor has told you repeatedly you shouldn't eat.
女人食用水牛肉导致晕厥。
The woman has suffered from a collapse, because she ate meat from a water buffalo.
Stroke order for each character
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食 shí · food · 9 strokes
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用 yòng · to use · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 食用.
| 不用 | bùyòng | need not |
| 有用 | yǒuyòng | useful |
| 使用 | shǐyòng | to use; to employ |
| 食物 | shíwù | food |
| 作用 | zuòyòng | to act on; to affect; action; function; activity |
| 信用卡 | xìnyòngkǎ | credit card |
| 常用 | cháng yòng | in common usage |
| 利用 | lìyòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 没用 | méiyòng | useless |
| 食品 | shípǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 费用 | fèiyong | cost; expenditure |
| 采用 | cǎiyòng | to adopt; to employ |
Questions about 食用
What does 食用 mean?
食用 (shíyòng) means "to eat; to consume; edible" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 食用?
食用 is made of 2 characters: 食 (9 strokes), 用 (5 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 食用 an HSK word?
Yes. 食用 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.