減食

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (減食)		減	食
simp. (减食)		减	食

Etymology

Compare Japanese 減食(げんしょく) (genshoku).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-chia̍h / kiám-si̍t

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmciah
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmsit
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/

Verb

減食

1. (Hokkien) to eat less; to cut down on food intake; to reduce food allowance or rations; to go on a diet