主食

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (主食)		主	食
simp. ^#(主食)		主	食

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǔshí

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² sik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-si̍t
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsy-zeq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔshíh
  - Wade–Giles: chu³-shih²
  - Yale: jǔ-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juushyr
  - Palladius: чжуши (čžuši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zyu² sik⁶
  - Yale: jyú sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju² xig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ sɪk̚²/
  - Homophones:
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    主食
    煮食
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwsit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsy-zeq
  - MiniDict: tsy^去 zeh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr-zeq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ zəʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

主食

staple food
中國南方一般以大米為主食。 [MSC, trad.]
中国南方一般以大米为主食。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhōngguó nánfāng yībān yǐ dàmǐ wéi zhǔshí. [Pinyin]
Southern Chinese usually eat rice as a staple food.

Antonyms

副食 (fùshí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	食
しゅ Grade: 3	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅしょく [shùshókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

主(しゅ)食(しょく) • (shushoku)

staple food

Antonyms

副(ふく)食(しょく) (fukushoku)

See also

主(しゅ)食(しょく)物(ぶつ) (shushokubutsu)

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN