Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
食 |
shí |
1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to eat; to have a meal; to take in |
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你 食 咗 飯 未 呀? - Have you eaten yet? |
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中國人 係 揸 筷子 食飯 嘅。 - Chinese people use chopsticks to eat with. |
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上 星sing1期kei4日 我 同 啲 朋友 一齊 食 晚飯。 - Last Sunday, I ate dinner together with my friends. |
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2. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka) to drink |
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3. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min) to smoke |
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食煙 - sik6 jin1 - to smoke, C |
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4. (Cantonese, board games) to capture |
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玩 盲棋kei4-2 嘅 時候,車geoi1 可以 食 馬、炮paau3、士、象、卒zeot1。 - When playing blind chess, a rook can capture knights, cannons, advisors, bishops or pawns. |
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5. (Cantonese, mahjong) Short for 食糊, gloss=to win |
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6. (Cantonese, figuratively) to receive; to accept; to absorb |
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硬食 - ngaang6 sik6 - , C |
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7. (Cantonese) to hit on; to flirt |
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食女 - sik6 neoi5-2 - , C |
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8. =====Usage notes===== |
sì |
9. (Coastal Min) to eat; to have a meal |
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食飯 (chia̍h-pn̄g) - to eat rice; to have a meal, MN |
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汝 食 飽 未? (Lí chia̍h pá bōe?) - Have you eaten yet?, MN |
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10. (Coastal Min) to drink |
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食茶 (ziah8 tê5) - to drink tea, MN-T |
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食 燒酒 (chia̍h sio-chiú) - to drink rice wine, MN |
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11. (Coastal Min) to take in; to inhale |
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食薰 (chia̍h-hun) - to inhale smoke; to smoke, MN |
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12. (Hokkien, Teochew) to embezzle (money) |
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食鐳lui (chia̍h-lui) - to embezzle money, MN |
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13. (Hokkien, mahjong) to chow |
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14. (Teochew, Penang Hokkien) cuisine |
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Synonyms: 菜 |
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廣東 食 ((rftranslit, zhx-teo) - Guangdong food, MN-T) |
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16. (Inland Min) Alternative form of 饁 (-, t=to eat) |
yì |
酈 食yì-其jī (Lì Yìjī) - Li Yiji (an advisor to Liu Bang) |
品 |
pǐn |
1. article; item; product; commodity | |
商品 - merchandise |
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食品 - foodstuff |
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2. personality; character |
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3. grade; level; rank; class |
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4. (musical instrument, of a string instrument) fret |
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5. to taste |