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食堂 (shí táng): Dining hall (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

食堂 consists of 2 characters.

main hall, large room, or court

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 食堂.

Words with 食

主食zhǔ shí
伙食huǒ shí
捕食bǔ shí
粮食liáng shi
素食sù shí
美食měi shí
膳食shàn shí
零食líng shí

Words with 堂

天堂tiān táng
学堂xué táng
庵堂ān táng
教堂jiào táng
殿堂diàn táng
礼堂lǐ táng
祠堂cí táng
课堂kè táng

Example Sentences with 食堂

wǒ我

zài在

xué学

xiào校

shí食

táng堂

chī吃

wǔ午

fàn饭

。

I eat lunch in the school cafeteria.

zhōng中

wǔ午

wǒ我

jīng经

cháng常

qù去

xué学

xiào校

de的

shí

xué学

shēng生

men们

kàng抗

yì议

xué学

xiào校

shí食

táng堂

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zhè这

jiā家

gōng公

sī司

chéng承

bāo包

le了

食

táng堂

chī吃

fàn饭

。

I often go to the school cafeteria to eat lunch.

de

的

fàn饭

cài菜

tài太

guì贵

。

The students protested that the school cafeteria food was too expensive.

xué

学

xiào校

de的

shí食

táng堂

yùn运

yíng营

。

This company has contracted to operate the school cafeteria.

wǒ我

men们

měi每

tiān天

zài在

shí食

táng堂

jiù就

cān餐

。

We eat in the cafeteria every day.

tā他

měi每

tiān天

zài在

shí食

táng堂

chī吃

huǒ伙

shí食

，

jì既

fāng方

biàn便

yòu又

pián便

yi宜

。

He eats meals in the cafeteria every day, which is both convenient and cheap.

wǒ我

zuó昨

tiān天

zài在

shí食

táng堂

yù遇

jiàn见

xiào校

zhǎng长

，

tā他

kàn看

qǐ起

lái来

hěn很

qīn亲

qiè切

。

I met the principal in the cafeteria yesterday, and he seemed very friendly.

wǒ我

men们

dān单

wèi位

shí食

táng堂

de的

wǔ午

cān餐

，

wèi味

dào道

hé和

xìng性

jià价

bǐ比

dōu都

tǐng挺

gāo高

de的

。

The lunch at our unit's cafeteria is quite good in terms of taste and cost-performance ratio.

jǐn尽

guǎn管

shēn深

yè夜

shí食

táng堂

de的

yè夜

xiāo宵

hěn很

yòu诱

rén人

，

dàn但

guò过

liàng量

jìn进

shí食

huì会

yǐng影

xiǎng响

shuì睡

mián眠

zhì质

liàng量

。

Although the midnight snacks at the late-night diner are tempting, overeating can affect sleep quality.