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进食

jìn shí · jin shi

Traditional 進食

Meaning

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  1. to eat one's meal
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No eating in the library

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)手里(shǒulǐ)拿(ná)的(de)是(shì)什么(shénme)？

    Dengdeng, what are you holding?

  2. Dengdeng

    烤红薯(kǎohóngshǔ)！我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)在(zài)这儿(zhèr)吃(chī)。

    A roasted sweet potato! I want to eat it here.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)那个(nàge)牌子(páizi)，上面(shàngmiàn)写(xiě)着(zhe)图书馆(túshūguǎn)里(lǐ)禁止(jìnzhǐ)进食(jìnshí)。

    Look at that sign. It says no eating in the library.

  4. Dengdeng

    进食(jìnshí)是(shì)什么(shénme)意思(yìsi)？

    What does 进食 mean?

  5. Liangliang

    进食(jìnshí)就是(jiùshì)吃(chī)东西(dōngxi)。

    进食 means eating things.

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，那(nà)我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)闻(wén)，不(bù)进食(jìnshí)。

    OK, then I will only smell it, not eat it.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)些(xiē)进(jìn)食(shí)模(mó)式(shì)是(shì)习(xí)得(dé)性(xìng)行(xíng)为(wéi)。

These eating patterns are a learned behavior.

Tatoeba: Chinese by maxine · English by maxine · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)刚(gāng)进(jìn)食(shí)了(le)那(nà)么(me)多(duō)咖(kā)啡(fēi)因(yīn)还(hái)睡(shuì)得(de)了(liǎo)觉(jiào)吗(ma)？

Will you be able to sleep with all that caffeine you've just had?

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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