食神

Shíshén

proper noun

Meanings

1 The God of Cookery, Stephen Chow's 1996 Hong Kong comedy
2 god of cookery, a title for a master chef

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

《食神》是周星驰导演并主演的喜剧电影。

《 Shíshén 》 shì Zhōu Xīngchí dǎoyǎn bìng zhǔyǎn de xǐjù diànyǐng.

"The God of Cookery" is a comedy that Stephen Chow directed and starred in.

HSK 7-9

这位老师傅做的菜好吃得不得了，大家都叫他“食神”。

Zhè wèi lǎoshīfu zuò de cài hǎochī de bùdéliǎo, dàjiā dōu jiào tā " shíshén ".

The food this old chef cooks is amazing, so everyone calls him "the God of Cookery".

Tips

culture

周星驰 plays an arrogant celebrity chef who loses everything and has to win his title back; 莫文蔚 plays the tough street-food seller who helps him. Its parody of cookery contests gave Chinese pop culture the juicy "pissing beef balls" (撒尿牛丸) and the char siu rice called 黯然销魂饭.

Stroke Order

食 shí

神 shén