美食
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
美食 (měishí) · delicious food
美食 (měishí) means “delicious food; fine food”. It is written with 2 characters: 美 (beautiful) + 食 (food). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 美食 is built
The characters
美 měi · beautiful
What 美 is made of
- 羊yáng — sheep
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: A person 大 wearing an elegant crown 羊 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
食 shí · food
What 食 is made of
- 人rén — person
- 良liáng — good
- 丶 — dot
- 艮gěn — blunt
Origin hint: A dish of food 良 with a lid on top 人 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这条街上有很多美食。Zhè tiáo jiē shang yǒu hěn duō měishí.There's a lot of delicious food on this street.
你最喜欢哪里的美食？Nǐ zuì xǐhuan nǎlǐ de měishí?Which place's food do you like best?
Questions about 美食
What does 美食 mean?
美食 (měishí) means “delicious food; fine food”.
How do you pronounce 美食?
美食 is pronounced měishí.
Which HSK level is 美食?
美食 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 美好měihǎowonderful
- 美丽měilìbeautiful
- 美术měishùart
- 美元měiyuánUS dollar
- 完美wánměiperfect
- 美金měijīnUS dollar
- 美女měinǚbeautiful woman
- 优美yōuměigraceful
- 赞美zànměito praise
- 美观měiguānattractive
Learn 美食 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 91: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.