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Derived terms

• Appendix:Chinese radical/食
• 𠋡, 喰, 湌, 𪦿, 𣈮, 𬨷, 𮇯, 𮔣, 𨢁, 𨩭, 𩩶
• 𮖛, 𪞓, 䓹, 篒, 𩮍, 𧃊, 𠩸, 𫷸, 𤸤, 𫔨, 餐

Pronunciation

Definitions

食

1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to eat; to have a meal; to take in

   食之無味，棄之可惜 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
   食之无味，弃之可惜 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

   shí zhī wúwèi, qì zhī kěxī [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   你食咗飯未呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你食咗饭未呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ sik⁶ zo² faan⁶ mei⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Have you eaten yet?

   中國人係揸筷子食飯嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   中国人系揸筷子食饭嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zung¹ gwok³ jan⁴ hai⁶ zaa¹ faai³ zi² sik⁶ faan⁶ ge³. [Jyutping]

   Chinese people use chopsticks to eat with.

   上星期日我同啲朋友一齊食晚飯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   上星期日我同啲朋友一齐食晚饭。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   soeng⁶ sing¹ kei⁴ jat⁶ ngo⁵ tung⁴ di¹ pang⁴ jau⁵ jat¹ cai⁴ sik⁶ maan⁵ faan⁶. [Jyutping]

   Last Sunday, I ate dinner together with my friends.

   • 吾嘗終日不食，終夜不寢，以思，無益，不如學也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吾尝终日不食，终夜不寝，以思，无益，不如学也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wú cháng zhōngrì bù shí, zhōngyè bù qǐn, yǐ sī, wú yì, bùrú xué yě. [Pinyin]

     I have been the whole day without eating, and the whole night without sleeping; occupied with thinking. It was of no use. The better plan is to learn.

2. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka) to drink

   • 食酒愛食竹葉青。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     食酒爱食竹叶青。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     From: 《食酒歌》

     Sṳ̍t-chiú oi sṳ̍t chuk-ya̍p-chhiâng. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     If you drink wine, you have to drink Zhuyeqing (three-year-old Shaoxing wine).

3. (Cantonese, Hakka) to take in; to inhale; to smoke

   食煙／食烟 [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ jin¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to smoke

   食大麻 [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ daai⁶ maa⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to smoke marijuana

4. (Cantonese) to consume; to use up

   食電／食电 [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ din⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to drain battery

5. (Cantonese, figurative) to extract; to extort; to absorb; to swallow

   食錢／食钱 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ cin^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to swallow banknotes

6. (Cantonese) to absorb; to get into; to enter; to be stuck inside
7. (Cantonese, Hakka, board games) to capture

   玩盲棋嘅時候，車可以食馬、炮、士、象、卒。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   玩盲棋嘅时候，车可以食马、炮、士、象、卒。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   waan^4-2 maang⁴ kei^4-2 ge³ si⁴ hau⁶, geoi¹ ho² ji⁵ sik⁶ maa⁵, paau³, si⁶, zoeng⁶, zeot¹. [Jyutping]

   When playing blind chess, a rook can capture knights, cannons, advisors, bishops or pawns.

8. (Cantonese, mahjong) Short for 食糊 (“to win”).
9. (Cantonese) to receive; to be affected by; to be on the receiving end

   硬食 [Cantonese]  ―  ngaang⁶ sik⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to be forced to accept something

   食風／食风 [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ fung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  being blown by wind

10. (Cantonese) to hit on; to flirt

    食女 [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ neoi^5-2 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

11. meal; food
12. edible

    食鹽／食盐  ―  shíyán  ―  table salt

13. Alternative form of 蝕 / 蚀 (shí, “to eat away; to erode”)
14. eclipse

    alt. forms: 蝕 / 蚀

Compounds