Chinese symbol for “ingredient”
食材
shí cái
(food) ingredient
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ingredient is 食材 (shí cái), defined as: (food) ingredient.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ingredient”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 成分 | chéng fèn | composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status |
| 分 | fèn | part; share |
| 组成部分 (組成部分) | zǔ chéng bù fèn | part; component |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 食材.
| 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 |
| 材料 | cái liào | (raw) material; data |
| 题材 (題材) | tí cái | subject matter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ingredient”.
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.