# 美食 (měishí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 美食 (měishí) means “delicious food; delicacy”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: delicious food; delicacy
- Pinyin: měishí (mei3 shi2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 这条街上有很多美食。
  Zhè tiáo jiē shàng yǒu hěn duō měishí.
  There are many local delicacies on this street.

## Characters

- [美](https://hanziro.com/word/mei-beautiful/) (měi): beautiful; pretty
- 食 (shí): to eat; food

https://hanziro.com/word/mei-shi-delicious-food/

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