| 伙食 | huǒ shí | food / meals |   |
| 伙食费 | huǒ shí fèi | food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost) | |
| 吃住 | chī zhù | food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there) | |
| 废寝忘食 | fèi qǐn wàng shí | to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom) / to skip one's sleep and meals / to be completely wrapped up in one's work | |
| 包饭 | bāo fàn | to get or supply meals for a monthly rate / to board / to cater | |
| 零嘴 | líng zuǐ | nibbles / snacks between meals | |
| 搭伙 | dā huǒ | to join up with sb / to become partner / to take meals regularly in cafeteria | |
| 掌厨 | zhǎng chú | to prepare meals / chef | |
| 顿 |  dùn | to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 餐 | cān | meal / to eat / classifier for meals | |
| 三旬九食 | sān xún jiǔ shí | lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits | |
| 锦衣玉食 | jǐn yī yù shí | brocade garments, jade meals (idiom) / a life of luxury / extravagance | |
| 发愤忘食 | fā fèn wàng shí | so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom) | |
| 饱食终日无所用心 | bǎo shí zhōng rì wú suǒ yòng xīn | eat three square meals a day and do no work / be sated with food and remain idle | |
| 分餐 | fēn cān | separate meals / to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table) | |
| 忘餐 | wàng cān | to forget one's meals | |
| 一日三餐 | yī rì sān cān | to have three meals a day | |
| 饱食终日，无所用心 | bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn | to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle | |
