減食

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (減食)		減	食
simp. (减食)		减	食

Etymology

Compare Japanese 減食(げんしょく) (genshoku).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-chia̍h / kiám-si̍t

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-chia̍h
  - Tâi-lô: kiám-tsia̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmciah
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kiám-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmsit
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/

Verb

減食

(Hokkien) to eat less; to cut down on food intake; to reduce food allowance or rations; to go on a diet