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Chinese symbol for “binge”

暴食
bào shí
to eat too much; to binge

The closest CC-CEDICT match for binge is 暴食 (bào shí), defined as: to eat too much; to binge.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

暴 bào
violent, brutal, tyrannical
radical 72 ⽇ · 15 strokes
食 shí
food; to eat
radical 184 ⾷ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “binge”

WordPinyinMeaning
大吃二喝dà chī èr hēto eat and drink extravagantly; to binge

Related words

Other words that share a character with 暴食.

WordPinyinMeaning
暴力bào lìviolence; force
风暴 (風暴)fēng bàostorm; violent commotion
暴露bào lùto expose; to reveal
暴动 (暴動)bào dònginsurrection; rebellion
强暴 (強暴)qiáng bàoviolent; to rape
暴雨bào yǔtorrential rain; rainstorm
食品shí pǐnfoodstuff; food; provisions
食物shí wùfood

See also: Japanese symbol for “binge”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.