Chinese symbol for “provisions”
食品
shí pǐn
foodstuff; food; provisions
The closest CC-CEDICT match for provisions is 食品 (shí pǐn), defined as: foodstuff; food; provisions.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “provisions”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 给养 (給養) | jǐ yǎng | provisions; supplies; victuals; (literary) to support; to provide for; to look after |
| 粮秣 (糧秣) | liáng mò | provisions (e.g. military); forage |
| 规定 (規定) | guī dìng | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations |
| 粮 (糧) | liáng | grain; food |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 食品.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 产品 (產品) | chǎn pǐn | goods; merchandise |
| 作品 | zuò pǐn | work (of art); opus |
| 商品 | shāng pǐn | commodity; goods; merchandise; measure word: 件 (jiàn) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “provisions”.
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.