Chinese symbol for “eatery”

食肆

shí sì

restaurant; eatery

The closest CC-CEDICT match for eatery is 食肆 (shí sì), defined as: restaurant; eatery.

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Characters and stroke order

食 shí

food; to eat

radical 184 ⾷ · 9 strokes

肆 sì

to indulge; excess; four (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

radical 129 ⾀ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 食肆.

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
大肆	dà sì	wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor)
肆虐	sì nüè	to wreak havoc; to devastate

See also: Japanese symbol for “eatery”.

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.