"to save food" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
节食 節食 jié shí to save food / to go on a diet
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
拯救 zhěng jiù to save / to rescue syn
救命 jiù mìng to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me! syn
保存 bǎo cún to conserve / to preserve / to keep / to save (a file etc) (computing) syn
救援 jiù yuán to save / to support / to help / to assist syn
保住 bǎo zhù to preserve / to save
挽救 wǎn jiù to save / to remedy / to rescue syn
解救 jiě jiù to rescue / to help out of difficulties / to save the situation syn
美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn
活命 huó mìng life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living syn
节省 節省 jié shěng saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on syn
积蓄 積蓄 jī xù to save / to put aside / savings syn
保全 bǎo quán to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard syn
储蓄 儲蓄 chǔ xù to save money (in a bank) / savings syn
救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn
熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn
存储 存儲 cún chǔ to store up / to stockpile / (computer) to save / to store / memory / storage syn
省钱 省錢 shěng qián to save money
援救 yuán jiù to come to the aid of / to save / to rescue from danger / to relieve syn
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
省去 shěng qù to omit / to dispense with / to make unnecesary / to save (time, trouble etc) syn
佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn
省得 shěng de to avoid / so as to save (money or time) syn
力挽狂澜 力挽狂瀾 lì wǎn kuáng lán to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom) / fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis syn
积攒 積攢 jī zǎn to save bit by bit / to accumulate syn
扑救 撲救 pū jiù firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer) syn
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
酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink / food to accompany wine syn
食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn
省力 shěng lì to save labor / to save effort syn
治病救人 zhì bìng jiù rén to treat the disease to save the patient / to criticize a person in order to help him
节余 節餘 jié yú to save / savings syn
食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food
少来 少來 shǎo lái refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it!
因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom) syn
节衣缩食 節衣縮食 jié yī suō shí to save on food and clothing (idiom) / to live frugally syn
节水 節水 jié shuǐ to save water
省却 省卻 shěng què to save / to get rid of (so saving space) syn
另存为 另存為 lìng cún wèi save as (a file)
另存为 另存為 lìng cún wéi Save As ... (menu option in a software application)
绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food
节电 節電 jié diàn to save electricity / power saving syn
省电 省電 shěng diàn to save electricity
省事 shěng shì to simplify matters / to save trouble syn
救国 救國 jiù guó to save the nation syn
地藏 dì zàng Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
另存 lìng cún to save (a file) after options (name, location, format etc) have been selected by the user
存钱 存錢 cún qián to deposit money / to save money
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
食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods
救亡 jiù wáng to save from extinction / to save the nation syn
节支 節支 jié zhī to save on expenditure
勤王 qín wáng to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king
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
开源节流 開源節流 kāi yuán jié liú lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom) / to increase income and save on spending / to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure syn
转圜 轉圜 zhuǎn huán to save or redeem (a situation) / to mediate / to intercede
要脸 要臉 yào liǎn to save sb's face
救场 救場 jiù chǎng to save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor)
jiù to save / to assist / to rescue syn
jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn
shěng to save / to economize / to be frugal / to omit / to delete / to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) syn
zǎn to collect / to hoard / to accumulate / to save syn
zhù to store / to save / stockpile / Taiwan pr. [zhu3] syn
zhěng to raise / to aid / to support / to save / to rescue syn
藏拙 cáng zhuó avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face
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
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
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
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
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
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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