食品 shípǐn foodstuff
foodstuff; food; provisions
How to remember 食品: 食 food + 品 article = foodstuff.
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How it is used
- Foodstuff in the commercial/industrial sense - packaged or processed food products.
- 食品安全 (food safety), 食品公司 (food company), 食品添加剂 (food additives) - common in business, regulation, and news.
- Different from 食物 (shíwù, food in the general, neutral sense - what you eat) and from 菜 (cooked dishes) - 食品 leans toward products and industry.
- Rarely used to describe a home-cooked meal; that's 菜 or 饭菜.
Example sentences
- 超市里的食品可以任顾客挑选。 Chāoshì lǐ de shípǐn kěyǐ rèn gùkè tiāoxuǎn.Customers can select any of the foods in the supermarket they wish to.
- 那个团体为难民们提供食品供给。 Nàge tuántǐ wèi nànmín men tígōng shípǐn gōngjǐ.The organization furnished the refugees with food.
- 汤姆以前经常吃很多垃圾食品。 Tāngmǔ yǐqián jīngcháng chī hěnduō lājī shípǐn.Tom used to eat a lot of junk food.