食用

shíyòng

verb HSK 7-9 #13,865

Meanings

1 to eat; to consume
2 edible; fit for consumption

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

食用油价格上涨了。

Shíyòngyóu jiàgé shàngzhǎng le.

The price of cooking oil has gone up.

HSK 7-9

这种蘑菇可以食用。

Zhè zhǒng mógū kěyǐ shíyòng.

This type of mushroom is edible.

Tips

register

食用 is formal/written Chinese. In everyday speech, people say 吃 (chī). You'll see 食用 on food labels: 食用油 (cooking oil), 食用色素 (food coloring).

Stroke Order

食 shí

用 yòng