食kentang

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (食kentang)		食	kentang
simp. ^#(食kentang)		食	kentang
alternative forms		食kantang 食蕳砃／食𫈉砃
Literally: “to eat potatoes”.

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h kan-tang / chia̍h kang-tang

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h kan-tang
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h kan-tang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciah kandafng
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kan⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h kang-tang
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h kang-tang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciah kangdafng
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

食kentang

(Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, of a person) to be westernized; to become a banana; to not speak any Chinese (of an ethnic Chinese)
- (Can we date this quote?), “阿兄唐山人”‎^[1]performed by 牛馬丁:
  
  看人食西餐　學人食干冬 [Teochew, trad.]
  看人食西餐　学人食干冬 [Teochew, simp.]
  toin2 nang5 ziah8 sai1 cang1 oh8 nang5 ziah8 kentang

Descendants

→ English: jiak kentang

See also

蕳砃／𫈉砃 (“potato”)