food in Chinese

shí wù ·food ·17 strokes HSK 4

food in Chinese is 食物, pronounced shí wù.

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How to write 食物

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Stroke order of 食

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Stroke order of 物

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HSK level

HSK 4

食物 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 4. An upper-intermediate band covering a wider range of everyday and work topics.

食物 in a sentence

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