calorie in Chinese
calorie in Chinese is 卡路里 — calorie means a unit of food energy (technically a kilocalorie) used on nutrition labels to measure how much energy a food provides.
calorie in Chinese
卡路里
Pronounced: kǎ lù lǐ
(nutrition) A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally used in food labeling.
What does "calorie" mean?
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noun A unit of food energy (technically a kilocalorie) used on nutrition labels to measure how much energy a food provides.
"The bar has 250 calories per serving."
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noun In science, a much smaller unit of heat energy — the amount needed to raise one gram of water by one degree Celsius — mostly replaced by the joule.
"The old chemistry textbook measured reaction energy in calories rather than joules."
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calorie in a sentence
- The bar has 250 calories per serving.
- Cutting a few hundred calories a day can lead to steady weight loss.
- The old chemistry textbook measured reaction energy in calories rather than joules.
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What is "calorie" in Chinese?
"calorie" in Chinese is 卡路里. calorie means: A unit of food energy (technically a kilocalorie) used on nutrition labels to measure how much energy a food provides.
How do you pronounce 卡路里?
"calorie" in Chinese is 卡路里, pronounced "kǎ lù lǐ".
How do you use "calorie" in a sentence?
Example: "The bar has 250 calories per serving." In Chinese, "calorie" is 卡路里.
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