Definition

1. Verb:
   • To eat and drink: "Ẩm thực" refers to the act of consuming food and beverages. This usage is formal and literary.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Việc ẩm thực điều độ rất quan trọng cho sức khỏe. (Moderation in eating and drinking is very important for health.)
  • Ông ấy rất cẩn thận trong việc ẩm thực hằng ngày. (He is very careful in his daily eating and drinking.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lo việc ẩm thực": to take care of matters related to food and drink.
  • Người quản gia lo mọi việc ẩm thực trong gia đình. (The housekeeper takes care of all matters related to eating and drinking in the household.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ẩm thực (Noun): In modern Vietnamese, "ẩm thực" is overwhelmingly used as a noun meaning "cuisine" or "culinary arts." This is its most common contemporary meaning.
  • Ẩm thực Việt Nam rất phong phú. (Vietnamese cuisine is very rich.)
• Ăn uống (Verb): This is the common, everyday verb phrase meaning "to eat and drink."
  • Chúng ta cần ăn uống đủ chất. (We need to eat and drink nutritiously.)

Synonyms

• Ăn uống (verb): to eat and drink (common, colloquial).

Notes on Usage

• The verb form of "ẩm thực" (to eat and drink) is now considered rare, literary, and formal. In contemporary language, it is almost exclusively used as a noun.
• When encountering the word "ẩm thực," learners should first understand it as "cuisine" (noun). The verbal meaning provided here is primarily of historical or stylistic interest.

verb

1. to eat and drink