卡车 卡車 kǎ chē truck / CL:輛|辆[liang4] 车子 車子 chē zi car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) syn 货车 貨車 huò chē truck / van / freight wagon 美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn 跑车 跑車 pǎo chē racing bicycle / racing car / sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident) syn 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 垃圾车 垃圾車 lā jī chē garbage truck (or other vehicle) 消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck 驾驶室 駕駛室 jià shǐ shì cab (of a locomotive, truck etc) / driver's compartment / wheelhouse 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn 皮卡 pí kǎ pickup (truck) (loanword) 大篷车 大篷車 dà péng chē covered truck / covered wagon / bus with some seating but mostly standing room 犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn 叉车 叉車 chā chē forklift truck / pallet jack syn 酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink / food to accompany wine syn 篷车 篷車 péng chē covered truck / caravan / van syn 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn 洒水车 灑水車 sǎ shuǐ chē sprinkler truck 重载 重載 zhòng zài heavy load (on a truck) 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 罐车 罐車 guàn chē (road) tanker truck / (rail) tank car / tank wagon 平板车 平板車 píng bǎn chē handcart / trolley / flatbed truck syn 矿车 礦車 kuàng chē miner's cart / pit truck 绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food 速食 sù shí (of food) fast / instant / (Tw) fast food 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 定数 定數 dìng shù constant (math.) / quota / fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus) / fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck) / destiny 食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods 重卡 zhòng kǎ heavy truck (abbr. for 重型卡車|重型卡车) 油罐车 油罐車 yóu guàn chē oil tanker truck / fuel tanker 小货车 小貨車 xiǎo huò chē pickup truck 零担 零擔 líng dān less-than-truck-load freight (LTL) (transportation) 牵引车 牽引車 qiān yǐn chē tractor unit / tractor truck / prime mover 自卸车 自卸車 zì xiè chē dump truck 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 槽车 槽車 cáo chē tanker (truck) 卡 kǎ to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette syn 冷藏车 冷藏車 lěng cáng chē refrigerated truck or wagon 押车 押車 yā chē to escort (goods) during transportation / to delay unloading (a truck, train etc) syn 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 食物 shí wù food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 新鲜 新鮮 xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon syn 美味 měi wèi delicious / delicious food / delicacy syn 食品 shí pǐn foodstuff / food / provisions / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor syn 品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn 脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn 消化 xiāo huà to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc) / to assimilate / to process syn 冷冻 冷凍 lěng dòng to freeze (food etc) / (of weather) freezing syn 饮食 飲食 yǐn shí eating and drinking / food and drink / diet syn 素食 sù shí vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet syn 快餐 kuài cān fast food / snack / quick meal 节食 節食 jié shí to save food / to go on a diet 饭菜 飯菜 fàn cài food syn 小吃 xiǎo chī street food / snack syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 中餐 zhōng cān lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] 鸡翅 雞翅 jī chì chicken wings (fast food) 饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing syn 变质 變質 biàn zhì to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism syn 冷藏 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment 食物中毒 shí wù zhòng dú food poisoning 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 快餐店 kuài cān diàn fast food shop syn 鲜活 鮮活 xiān huó vivid / lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh syn 伙食 huǒ shí food / meals syn 餐饮 餐飲 cān yǐn food and beverage / catering / repast syn 剩菜 shèng cài leftovers (food) 食物链 食物鏈 shí wù liàn food chain 什锦 什錦 shí jǐn (food) assorted / mixed / assortment syn 搅拌机 攪拌機 jiǎo bàn jī blender / food mixer 外带 外帶 wài dài take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone syn 捕食 bǔ shí to prey on / to catch and feed on / to hunt for food 食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn 口感 kǒu gǎn mouthfeel / texture (of food) 狼吞虎咽 狼吞虎嚥 láng tūn hǔ yàn to wolf down one's food (idiom) / to devour ravenously / to gorge oneself syn 酒味 jiǔ wèi smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine) 卡夫 kǎ fū Kraft, US food company 觅食 覓食 mì shí to forage / to hunt for food / to scavenge / fig. to make a living 剩饭 剩飯 shèng fàn leftover food 要饭 要飯 yào fàn to beg (for food or money) syn 清淡 qīng dàn light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales) syn 衣食 yī shí clothes and food syn 蜜饯 蜜餞 mì jiàn food preserved in sugar or honey syn 熊掌 xióng zhǎng bear paw (as food) 膳食 shàn shí meals / food syn 顺口 順口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) syn 麻花 má huā fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes) syn 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 凉拌 涼拌 liáng bàn to dress cold food with sauce / (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4]) 热乎乎 熱乎乎 rè hū hū warm / (of food) piping hot / (fig.) roused to warm feelings syn 添加剂 添加劑 tiān jiā jì additive / food additive 吃喝 chī hē to eat and drink / food and drink 温饱 溫飽 wēn bǎo to have enough food and warm clothes / adequately provided syn 翻动 翻動 fān dòng to flip over / to turn (a page) / to scroll (an electronic document) / to stir (food in a pot etc) / to move things about / to rummage syn 