零食
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
零食 (língshí) · snack
零食 (língshí) means “snack”. It is written with 2 characters: 零 (zero) + 食 (food). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 零食 is built
The characters
零 líng · zero
What 零 is made of
- 雨yǔ — rain
- 帀zā — to rotate
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 帀zā — to rotate
- 令lìng — command
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: 雨 gives the meaning, 令 gives the sound. (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
孩子们很喜欢吃零食。Háizimen hěn xǐhuan chī língshí.Children love eating snacks.
你带零食了吗？Nǐ dài língshí le ma?Did you bring any snacks?
Questions about 零食
What does 零食 mean?
零食 (língshí) means “snack”.
How do you pronounce 零食?
零食 is pronounced língshí.
Which HSK level is 零食?
零食 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 零下língxiàbelow zero
- 零钱língqiánsmall change
- 零件língjiànpart
- 零星língxīngscattered
- 零花钱línghuāqiánpocket money
- 零língzero
- 食物shíwùfood
- 美食měishídelicious food
- 食品shípǐnfood
- 粮食liángshigrain
Learn 零食 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 88: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.