食品

• 拼音: shí pǐn
• 汉字拆解: 食 = a person bending over a vessel of food, meaning to eat or food; 品 = three 口 (mouths) stacked, meaning product or item

含义

Food products; foodstuff. Processed or packaged items intended for consumption.

More formal than 食物 (food in general) or 吃的 (things to eat). 食品 specifically refers to food as a product or commodity — packaged foods, processed goods, and food items in a commercial context. Common collocations: 食品安全 (food safety), 食品工业 (food industry), 绿色食品 (green/organic food products), 食品添加剂 (food additives).

例句

1. 超市里的食品种类越来越丰富了。
2. 食品安全问题受到了大家的关注。
3. 过期的食品不能再吃了。

用法指南

语境: shopping, health, industry, regulations

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 买食品的时候要看保质期。(Check the expiry date when buying food products.)
• 这家公司主要生产绿色食品。(This company mainly produces organic food products.)

错误说法

• 妈妈做的食品很好吃。(For home-cooked meals, use 饭菜 or 食物, not 食品. 食品 implies packaged or commercial food products.)

起源与历史

食 means to eat or food; 品 means product or item. Together: food products — items of food, especially in a commercial sense.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal