dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder

vegetable; greens (CL:棵) / dish (of food) (CL:樣｜样,道,盤｜盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type

lunch / Chinese meal; Chinese food / CL: 份, 頓｜顿

loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著｜着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

foodstuff; food; provisions

flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless

fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon

Western-style food / CL: 份, 頓｜顿

to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

fast food / snack / quick meal

to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)

culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food

to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip

food

to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite

street food; snack

hard; stiff; solid / (fig.) strong; firm / resolutely; uncompromisingly / laboriously; with great difficulty / good (quality); able (person) / (of food) filling; substantial

to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process

to relieve the greasy sensation of fatty or oily food

fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods

to swallow (food or drink)

to quarrel; to argue / to fight over food

food safety (abbr. for 食品安全 or 食物安全)

raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever

cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb

a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor

the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch; pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)

to taste; to try (food) / to experience / (literary) ever; once

staple food

to become sick of a food after eating it too much

vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet

food and beverage / catering / repast

eating and drinking / food and drink; diet

food / meals

(of a food's mouthfeel) springy / firm / al dente

mouthfeel; texture (of food)

food market

food prepared by stewing in soy sauce and spices

to enjoy offered food and drink

Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4). / By nature we desire food and sex.

lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)

big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping

(dialect) (of food) excessively salty

take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone

fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)

food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost)

to reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc

food preserved in sugar or honey

to place (food) on the table / to sit down to eat (at the dining table)

customer; visitor; guest / classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)

national food specialty

to freeze (food etc) / (of weather) freezing

to sample; to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste

sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food

(fig.) (coll.) sensitivity to hot food or drink; person who has such a sensitivity

delicious / delicious food / delicacy

good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food)

food and clothing

health food

(of a bird) to peck at food

dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分)

croquettes / deep fried food balls

food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc

to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley

to eat and drink / food and drink

Wangfujing, a shopping district in Beijing, known for its pedestrian street, luxury brands, traditional stores and vibrant food markets

(of food, skin, hair etc) silky; smooth / (fig.) smooth; effortless; seamless

to get food at a canteen

to serve food

potassium sorbate, E202 (a food preservative)

(food) ingredient

to beg for food

(coll.) skewers; barbecued food on sticks; (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat); mutt; mixed-breed cat

to arrange food on a plate / to plate up / food presentation / (watchmaking) balance wheel

cooked food / prepared food / deli food

two-item combo (usu. referring to a food dish, esp. two types of meat served with rice or noodles) / (real estate) duplex; semi-detached / (computing) double pinyin (input method in which each syllable is typed using no more than two keystrokes: one for the initial consonant and one for the final)

tainted food

to eat out / food brought in from outside; food not purchased within the premises

to paste; to glue / blurry; unclear; muddled / (esp. of food) scorched; burnt / paste; mush; thick gruel

instant (food)

food delivery person

Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second

to serve (food, tea etc)

tepid / to warm up (food etc)

lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later

(coll.) food

lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich

to save food / to go on a diet

World food program (United Nations aid agency)

to cook / to prepare (food)

smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants; posterity

to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink

food growing area

rare food / ambrosia (delicacy)

livermorium (chemistry) / (old) (Italian) lira (loanword) / (archaic) type of food vessel used in Funan 扶南

leftovers (food)

fresh produce and freshly prepared foods

Ajinomoto, Japanese food and chemical corporation

to degenerate; to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad; to go off / (geology) metamorphism