食神
Chinese
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (食神) | 食 | 神 | |
| simp. #(食神) | 食 | 神 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sik6 san4
- Yale: sihk sàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik9 san4
- Guangdong Romanization: xig6 sen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚² sɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
食神
- (Cantonese) the luck to get something nice to eat; happy knack for chancing upon fine food; gourmet's luck
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 口福 (“the luck to get something nice to eat; happy knack for chancing upon fine food; gourmet's luck”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 口福 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 口福 |
| Singapore | 口福 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 食福, 食神 |
| Hong Kong | 口福, 食神 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 口福 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食祿 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食祿 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 食祿 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 食祿 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 食祿 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 食祿 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 食福 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 口福 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 食福 |
| Quanzhou | 食福 | |
| Zhangzhou | 食福 | |
| Tainan | 食福 | |
| Longyan | 食福 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 口福 |