肉食

Chinese

		meat; flesh	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (肉食)		肉	食
simp. ^#(肉食)		肉	食
anagram		食肉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ròushí

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ sik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k-si̍t / jio̍k-si̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ròushí
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ròushíh
  - Wade–Giles: jou⁴-shih²
  - Yale: ròu-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowshyr
  - Palladius: жоуши (žouši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ sik⁶
  - Yale: yuhk sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² sɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: lio̍k-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liogsit
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴⁻² sit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² sit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jio̍k-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: jio̍k-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiogsit
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sit̚¹²¹/

Adjective

肉食

(attributive) meat-eating; carnivorous

Derived terms

肉食動物 / 肉食动物 (ròushí dòngwù)
肉食者 (ròushízhě)
肉食者鄙 (ròushízhěbǐ)

See also

草食 (cǎoshí)

Noun

肉食

meat; meat product
(figurative) wealthy person

Synonyms

(meat): 葷菜／荤菜 (hūncài), (literary) 腥膻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肉	食
にく Grade: 2	じき Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
肉	食
にく Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にくしょく [nìkúshókú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟̊ɕo̞kɯ̟]

(Tokyo) にくじき [nìkújíkí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ʑikʲi]

Noun

肉(にく)食(しょく) or 肉(にく)食(じき) • (nikushoku or nikujiki)

flesh eating
- 1999 March 1, “人(ひと)喰(く)い植(しょく)物(ぶつ) [Man-Eating Plant]”, in Booster 1, Konami:
  
  きれいな花(はな)と思(おも)わせ、近(ちか)づく人(ひと)をパクリと食(た)べる、肉(にく)食(しょく)の花(はな)。
  Kirei na hana to omowase, chikazuku hito o pakuri to taberu, nikushoku no hana.
  A carnivorous flower that swallows whole anyone who dares come near it deceived by its pretty look.