主食

Pinyin: zhǔshí

staple food

Example sentence

大部分日本人都以米饭为主食。

Dàbùfen Rìběnrén dōu yǐ mǐfàn wéi zhǔshí.

Most Japanese live on rice.

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What 主食 means

主食 (zhǔshí) is a Chinese word meaning “staple food”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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