Definition
伙食 refers specifically to meals provided collectively in an institution (school, company, military, etc.). It differs from 食物 (general food) and 食品 (processed food products), and is less formal than 膳食 (diet/meals in a health context). 食宿 includes both meals and lodging.
noun
foodmeals (especially collectively provided at a school, workplace, or institution)
Easily confused
- 或是huò shìsound-alike(conjunction) or; connecting two alternatives
Examples
- 伙食。Xuéxiào de huǒ shí hěn hǎo.The food at school is very good.
- 伙食。Jūnduì de huǒ shí bǐ wǒmen xiǎngxiàng de hǎo de duō.The food in the military is much better than we imagined.
- 伙食。Gōngsī zuìjìn jiàngdī le huǒ shí biāozhǔn.The company recently lowered the standard of the meals.
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