食好西

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	good; well; be fond of	west
trad. (食好西)		食	好	西
simp. #(食好西)		食	好	西

Etymology

Omission of 東 / 东 (dung¹) in 食好東西 / 食好东西 (“to eat good food”). Coined in 2015.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ hou² sai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ hou² sai¹
    • Yale: sihk hóu sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ hou² sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ hou² sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² hou̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

食⫽好西 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, neologism) to eat good food