🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

식이

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sigi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Yǐnshì/ˈjɪnˌʃiː/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"건강한 식이는 질병을 예방합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Dietary habits; the customary intake of food and drink practiced by individuals or cultures.

    "Maintaining a balanced yǐnshí is essential for long-term health and vitality."
  2. 2

    The culinary traditions and general gastronomy associated with a specific culture.

    "Traditional Chinese yǐnshí emphasizes balance, seasonal ingredients, and medicinal properties."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Chinese pinyin encoding for '饮食' (yǐnshí), combining characters for drinking (饮) and eating (食). It enters English-language computational linguistic contexts via URL-encoded Chinese characters representing diet, food, and beverage habits.

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