寄食

Chinese

		lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (寄食)		寄	食
simp. #(寄食)		寄	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kià-chia̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shih²
    • Yale: jì-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshyr
    • Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kià-tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiarciah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kia²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kia²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kia¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kia²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siaʔ⁴/

Verb

寄食

1. to depend on someone for a living; to sponge off someone

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 倚食