CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

速食

sùshí

(of food) fast; instant

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

(of food) fast; instant

(Tw) fast food

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 速食 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 速食 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

一般来说，中国人认为米饭是重要的食物；大多数西方人则认为速食是重要的食物。yì bān lái shuō， zhōng guó rén rèn wéi mǐ fàn shì zhòng yào de shí wù； dà duō shù xī fāng rén zé rèn wéi sù shí shì zhòng yào de shí wù。

Normally speaking, Chinese people consider rice to be an important food; the majority of Westerners consider fast food to be an important food.

一般而言，中国人将米饭视为重要的食物；而大部分的西方人则将速食视为重要的食物。yì bān ér yán， zhōng guó rén jiāng mǐ fàn shì wèi zhòng yào de shí wù； ér dà bù fèn de xī fāng rén zé jiāng sù shí shì wèi zhòng yào de shí wù。

Normally speaking, Chinese people consider rice to be an important food; the majority of Westerners consider fast food to be an important food.

她宁可自己煮饭，也不愿意吃麦当劳这种速食。tā nìng kě zì jǐ zhǔ fàn， yě bù yuàn yì chī mài dāng láo zhè zhǒng sù shí。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 速食.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 速食.

Directly before

将速食1
认为速食1
这种速食1

Directly after

速食视为1
速食是1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 速食

What does 速食 mean in Chinese?

速食 (sùshí) means (of food) fast; instant.

How do you pronounce 速食?

速食 is pronounced sùshí.

Is 速食 an HSK word?

速食 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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