嘢食
Chinese
| (Cantonese) thing | eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (嘢食) | 嘢 | 食 | |
| simp. #(嘢食) | 嘢 | 食 | |
Etymology
Rebracketing of the construction “‹verb› + 嘢食” (“‹verb› something to eat”).[1]
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: je5 sik6
- Yale: yéh sihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: je5 sik9
- Guangdong Romanization: yé5 xig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛː¹³ sɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
嘢食
- (chiefly Hong Kong Cantonese) food
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 食物 (“food”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 食物 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 食物 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 吃食, 吃兒 |
| Taiwan | 食物 | |
| Harbin | 食物 | |
| Singapore | 食物 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 食物, 食品 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 吃的 |
| Xi'an | 吃的 | |
| Xining | 吃食 | |
| Xuzhou | 吃食 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 吃的, 吃頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 吃的, 吃貨 |
| Wuhan | 吃食 | |
| Guiyang | 吃的 | |
| Guilin | 吃的 | |
| Liuzhou | 吃的東西, 食物 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嘢食, 食物 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 吃食 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食物 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食物 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 食物 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 食物 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 食物 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 食物 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 食物 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 食品 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 食物 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 食其乇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 食物, 物食, 食食 |
| Quanzhou | 食物, 食食 | |
| Zhangzhou | 食物, 物食, 食食 | |
| Tainan | 食物, 物食 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 食食, 物食 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 食物, 食食 | |
| Leizhou | 物食 | |
| Haikou | 物食 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 食物 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 食物 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吃個物事 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 吃食物事 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 吃個 |