| 食物 | shí wù | food / CL:種|种[zhong3] |   |
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff / food / provisions / CL:種|种[zhong3] | |
| 饭菜 | fàn cài | food | |
| 膳食 | shàn shí | meals / food | |
| 伙食 | huǒ shí | food / meals | |
| 吃食 | chī shi | food / edibles | |
| 餐点 | cān diǎn | food / dish / meal | |
| 新鲜 | xīn xiān | fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon | |
| 饮食 | yǐn shí | eating and drinking / food and drink / diet | |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food | |
| 餐饮 | cān yǐn | food and beverage / catering / repast | |
| 品味 | pǐn wèi | to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste | |
| 美味 | měi wèi | delicious / delicious food / delicacy | |
| 小吃 | xiǎo chī | street food / snack | |
| 大口 | dà kǒu | big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping | |
| 添加剂 | tiān jiā jì | additive / food additive | |
| 快餐 | kuài cān | fast food / snack / quick meal | |
| 吃喝 | chī hē | to eat and drink / food and drink | |
| 食品安全 | shí pǐn ān quán | food safety | |
| 主食 | zhǔ shí | staple food | |
| 烟火 | yān huǒ | smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity | |
| 清淡 | qīng dàn | light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales) | |
| 调理 | tiáo lǐ | to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize | |
| 绿色食品 | lu:4 sè shí pǐn | clean, unadulterated food product / organic food | |
| 鲜活 | xiān huó | vivid / lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh | |
| 素食 | sù shí | vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet | |
| 精光 | jīng guāng | nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious | |
| 餐饮业 | cān yǐn yè | food service industry / catering industry | |
| 油腻 | yóu nì | greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar | |
| 西餐 | xī cān | Western-style food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] | |
| 佳肴 | jiā yáo | fine food / delicacies / delicious food | |
| 中餐 | Zhōng cān | lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] | |
| 串烧 | chuàn shāo | to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley | |
| 快餐店 | kuài cān diàn | fast food shop | |
| 品相 | pǐn xiàng | condition / physical appearance (of a museum piece, item of food produced by a chef, postage stamp etc) | |
| 食品卫生 | | food hygiene | |
| 配售 | pèi shòu | to ration merchandise (esp. food in times of shortages) | |
| 温饱 | wēn bǎo | to have enough food and warm clothes / adequately provided | |
| 衣食 | yī shí | clothes and food | |
| 衣食住行 | yī shí zhù xíng | clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom) / people's basic needs | |
| 食疗 | shí liáo | (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food | |
| 耐人寻味 | nài rén xún wèi | thought-provoking / worth thinking over / to provide food for thought | |
| 食物中毒 | shí wù zhòng dú | food poisoning | |
| 菜市场 | cài shì chǎng | food market | |
| 酒菜 | jiǔ cài | food and drink / food to accompany wine | |
| 食品加工 | | food processing | |
| 药监局 | Yào jiān jú | State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) / abbr. for 國家食品藥品監督管理局|国家食品药品监督管理局[Guo2 jia1 Shi2 pin3 Yao4 pin3 Jian1 du1 Guan3 li3 ju2] | |
| 食品工业 | shí pǐn gōng yè | food industry | |
| 节食 | jié shí | to save food / to go on a diet | |
| 罗刹 | luó chà | demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food | |
| 粮食生产 | | food production | |
| 觅食 | mì shí | to forage / to hunt for food / to scavenge / fig. to make a living | |
| 食品包装 | shí pǐn bāo zhuāng | food packaging | |
| 搅拌机 | jiǎo bàn jī | blender / food mixer | |
| 吃住 | chī zhù | food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there) | |
| 狼吞虎咽 | láng tūn hǔ yàn | to wolf down one's food (idiom) / to devour ravenously / to gorge oneself | |
| 面食 | miàn shí | food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc | |
| 麻花 | má huā | fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes) | |
| 熟食 | shú shí | cooked food / prepared food / deli food | |
| 回笼 | huí lóng | to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation | |
| 菜场 | cài chǎng | food market | |
| 上菜 | shàng cài | to serve food | |
| 野味 | yě wèi | game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport | |
| 食量 | shí liàng | quantity of food one eats / food intake | |
| 凉拌 | liáng bàn | to dress cold food with sauce / (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4]) | |
| 健康食品 | jiàn kāng shí pǐn | health food | |
| 副食 | fù shí | non-staple food / CL:種|种[zhong3] | |
| 速食 | sù shí | (of food) fast / instant / (Tw) fast food | |
| 粮票 | liáng piào | coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 | |
| 酒味 | jiǔ wèi | smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine) | |
| 食管 | shí guǎn | esophagus / gullet / (Tw) regulation of food safety and sanitation (abbr. for 食品衛生管理|食品卫生管理[shi2pin3 wei4sheng1 guan3li3]) | |
| 饭桶 | fàn tǒng | rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing | |
| 粮价 | | food price | |
| 食粮 | shí liáng | food cereals | |
| 捕食 | bǔ shí | to prey on / to catch and feed on / to hunt for food | |
| 食道 | shí dào | esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route | |
| 粮食安全 | | food security | |
| 口福 | kǒu fú | happy knack for chancing upon fine food | |
| 菜篮子 | cài lán zi | vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply | |
| 大排档 | dà pái dàng | food stall / open-air restaurant | |
| 发人深省 | fā rén shēn xǐng | to provide food for thought (idiom) / thought-provoking | |
| 伙食费 | huǒ shí fèi | food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost) | |
| 蜜饯 | mì jiàn | food preserved in sugar or honey | |
| 剩饭 | shèng fàn | leftover food | |
| 讨饭 | tǎo fàn | to ask for food / to beg | |
| 要饭 | yào fàn | to beg (for food or money) | |
| 粮农 | liáng nóng | food and agriculture / grain farmer | |
| 偏食 | piān shí | partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) / having likes and dislikes / partial eclipse | |
| 食补 | shí bǔ | tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods | |
| 粮食价格 | | food price | |
| 狗粮 | gǒu liáng | dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗[dan1 shen1 gou3] forced to "eat" it) | |
| 废寝忘食 | fèi qǐn wàng shí | to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom) / to skip one's sleep and meals / to be completely wrapped up in one's work | |
| 粮食产量 | | food production | |
| 亨氏 | Hēng shì | Heinz (name) / Heinz, US food processing company | |
| 食物链 | shí wù liàn | food chain | |
| 吃穿 | chī chuān | food and clothing | |
| 犒劳 | kào láo | to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] | |
| 挑食 | tiāo shí | to be picky about food | |
| 丰衣足食 | fēng yī zú shí | having ample food and clothing (idiom) / well fed and clothed | |
| 食品科学 | | food science | |
