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Chinese symbol for “nibbles”

零食
líng shí
snack; nibbles

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nibbles is 零食 (líng shí), defined as: snack; nibbles.

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Characters and stroke order

零 líng
zero; fragment, fraction
radical 173 ⾬ · 13 strokes
食 shí
food; to eat
radical 184 ⾷ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “nibbles”

WordPinyinMeaning
零嘴líng zuǐnibbles; snacks between meals
小食xiǎo shísnack; nibbles

Related words

Other words that share a character with 零食.

WordPinyinMeaning
零售líng shòuto retail; to sell in small quantities
零件líng jiànpart; component
零部件líng bù jiànspare part; component
零星líng xīngfragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces; sporadic; scattered
零钱 (零錢)líng qiánchange (of money); small change
食品shí pǐnfoodstuff; food; provisions
食物shí wùfood
粮食 (糧食)liáng shifoodstuff; cereals

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.