流食

liúshí

noun #45,140

Meanings

HSK 5

他刚做完手术，只能吃流食。

Tā gāng zuòwán shǒushù, zhǐnéng chī liúshí.

He has just had surgery and can only have liquid food.

HSK 7-9

拔牙以后的头两天，最好吃点儿流食，比如牛奶和米汤。

Báyá yǐhòu de tóu liǎng tiān, zuìhǎo chī diǎnr liúshí, bǐrú niúnǎi hé mǐtāng.

For the first two days after a tooth is pulled, it is best to eat liquid food such as milk and rice water.

usage

Hospitals grade diets from 普食 'regular' through 软食 'soft' and 半流食 'semi-liquid', such as porridge, to 流食 'liquid'. The more formal word is 流质.

流 liú

食 shí