food

食物

shí wù

A general edible object rather than a specific dish or ingredient.

Standard Mapping

Chinese: 食物
Pinyin: shí wù
Meaning: 可供食用的事物
Note: General Food-class object.

Meaning and Usage

Meaning and Usage

Use food for 食物 as a Food-class object. The initial profile is manual-only to avoid overly broad generation.

Mapping Boundary

Correct: Mother buy food → 妈妈买食物。

Incorrect: Use food for 水.

Reason: Water belongs to the Drink class.

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Mapping Boundary

Correct Mapping

Mother buy food → 妈妈买食物。

Incorrect Mapping or Split

Use food for 水.

Reason

Water belongs to the Drink class.

Chinglish Examples

Food few Chinese Sentence 食物很少。 Full Pinyin shí wù hěn shǎo Natural English There is little food. Mother buy food Chinese Sentence 妈妈买食物。 Full Pinyin mā ma mǎi shí wù Natural English Mother buys food.

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