Chinese symbol for “diet”
食性
shí xìng
diet (of an animal); food preferences; eating habits (of a person)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for diet is 食性 (shí xìng), defined as: diet (of an animal); food preferences; eating habits (of a person).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “diet”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 健怡 | jiàn yí | diet; low-calorie (drink etc) |
| 食谱 (食譜) | shí pǔ | cookbook; recipe |
| 饮食 (飲食) | yǐn shí | eating and drinking; food and drink; diet |
| 饮食疗养 (飲食療養) | yǐn shí liáo yǎng | diet |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 食性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 粮食 (糧食) | liáng shi | foodstuff; cereals |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy; fine food |
| 饮食 (飲食) | yǐn shí | eating and drinking; food and drink; diet |
| 食用 | shí yòng | to eat; to consume; edible |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
See also: Japanese symbol for “diet”.
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.