食道

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (食道)		食	道
simp. ^#(食道)		食	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shídào

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ dou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-tō / si̍t-tō͘ / chia̍h-tō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shídào
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhdào
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-tao⁴
  - Yale: shŕ-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrdaw
  - Palladius: шидао (šidao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ dou⁶
  - Yale: sihk douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² tou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-tō
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siddoi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ to²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sit̚⁴⁻³² to³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚⁴⁻³² to²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚⁴⁻³² tɤ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siddo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² tɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-tō
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqdoi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ to³³/

Noun

食道

(anatomy) esophagus
(literary) the (proper) way to eat
(literary) food transportation route

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 食管 (“esophagus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		食管, 食道
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	哦嗹管兒, 系兒, 食系兒
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	食道, 食管
Cantonese	Hong Kong	食道
Southern Min	Xiamen	食道, 食管
	Quanzhou	食道
	Zhangzhou	食道

Derived terms

食道炎 (shídàoyán)
食道癌 (shídào'ái)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食	道
しょく Grade: 2	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょくどー [shòkúdóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟do̞ː]

Homophone: 食堂

Noun

食(しょく)道(どう) • (shokudō) ^{←しよくだう (syokudau)^?}

(anatomy) an oesophagus