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食

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食

  • shí (shi²) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄕˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • si² Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • шы (šɨ, II) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
  • sik⁶ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • set⁵ Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • siit⁷ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • sṳ̍t Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • sed⁶ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • sêd⁶ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • seh⁵ Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • sī Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • sĭk Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • siĕk Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • si̍t Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • se̍k Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • sig⁸ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁵zeq Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • shr⁶ Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
  • shí Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • shíh Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • shih² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • shŕ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • shyr Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • ши Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ʂʐ̩³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • s Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz
  • /sz̩²¹/ Mandarin, Chengdu, IPA
  • sì (si⁴) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄙˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • zi⁶ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • sê̤ṳ Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • se⁶ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • sì Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄙˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • sìh Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • ssŭ⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • sz̀ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • syh Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • сы Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /sz̩⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • zi⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • jih Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • dzi⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • ji⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /t͡siː²²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • sê̤ṳ Min Dong, Fuzhou, Foochow Romanized
  • /søy²⁴²/ Min Dong, Fuzhou, IPA
  • sṳ̆ Min Nan, Teochew, POJ
  • /sɯ³⁵/ Min Nan, Teochew, IPA
  • /*s-m-lək-s/ Old Chinese, Baxter–Sagart

Where it comes from

象形漢字：嘴對著架上的一碗飯。雖然現在的形式是人+良，但下面的部分（架上的飯碗）與皀同源，而不是良或艮。這在𠊊的形式中更為明顯。

說文：形聲漢字（上古 *lɯɡs, *ɦljɯɡ）：聲符 亼 (上古 *zub) + 意符 皀 ；參見𠊊。

來自原始漢藏語 *m/s/g-ljak。

釋義

  1. Cantonese, Hakka, literary 吃、進餐 你食咗飯未呀？
  2. Hakka, 粵語方言 喝，飲 食酒愛食竹葉青。
  3. Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan 抽，吸 食煙
  4. Cantonese, 圖版遊戲 奪 玩盲棋嘅時候，車可以食馬、炮、士、象、卒。
  5. Cantonese, abbreviation 食糊的簡稱。（贏） 食糊
  6. obsolete 飯食；食物
  7. obsolete 嚐
  8. obsolete 蝕／蚀 (shí)的另一種寫法。（消耗、虧損）
  9. obsolete 蝕／蚀 (shí)的另一種寫法。（天文現象）

釋義

  1. obsolete 飼／饲的本字。 故孝子不以食其親，忠臣不以食其君。

In English

  • eat to ingest — see also consume, ingest

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"食." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E9%A3%9F. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

食. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E9%A3%9F

Chicago

"食." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E9%A3%9F.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {食},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E9%A3%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}