食醋

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	vinegar
trad. (食醋)		食	醋
simp. #(食醋)		食	醋

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shícù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ cou³
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĭk-chó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shícù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhcù
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtsuh
    • Palladius: шицу (šicu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ cou³
    • Yale: sihk chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ cou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡sʰou̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭk-chó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siʔ⁵⁻²¹ t͡sʰou²¹³/

Noun

食醋

1. table vinegar

Pronunciation 2

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍t-chhṳ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sed⁶ ci⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): siăh^→siĕh-chó
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-chhò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziah⁸ cou³

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t-chhṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid cii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁶ ci⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sed⁶ ci⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sət̚⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siăh^→siĕh-chó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieʔ⁵⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒou²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-chhò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tshòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqzhox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziah⁸ cou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍h tshòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² t͡sʰou²¹³/

Verb

食醋

1. (Hakka, Min, literally) to eat vinegar
2. (Hakka, Min) to be jealous (usually of a rival in love)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吃醋 (“to be jealous (usually of a rival in love)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吃醋
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吃醋
	Singapore	吃醋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	吃醋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	吃醋
	Xining	吃醋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	吃醋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	吃醋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	呷醋
	Hong Kong	呷醋
	Taishan	呷醋
	Dongguan	呷醋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	呷醋
Gan	Nanchang	吃醋
Hakka	Meixian	食醋
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	食醋
Huizhou	Jixi	吃醋
Jin	Taiyuan	吃醋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	食醋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	食醋
Southern Min	Xiamen	食醋
	Quanzhou	食醋
	Zhangzhou	食醋
	Taipei	食醋 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食醋
	Manila (Hokkien)	食醋
	Shantou	食醋
	Haikou	食醋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	呷醋, 吃醋
Wu	Shanghai	吃醋
	Suzhou	吃醋
	Ningbo	吃醋
	Jinhua	吃醋
Xiang	Loudi	吃醋
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Korean

Hanja in this term
食	醋

Noun

食醋 • (sikcho) (hangeul 식초)

1. hanja form^? of 식초 (“vinegar”)