芝士
zhī shì · HSK 7
cheese
🧀 芝士 = zhi shi, a loanword that mimics the English word cheese
芝士 is borrowed from English cheese, the sound copied via Cantonese ji-si rather than translated. The characters 芝 (sesame plant) and 士 (scholar) are picked only for sound, so their literal senses do not apply here.