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[粵] sik6 | [國] shi2 [1] [v] eat; have a meal | [syn] 吃 [2] [n] food; meal; (poultry) feed [3] [n] sth edible; sth used for cooking [4] [n] eclipse (usu 蝕) [粵] zi6 | [國] si4 [v] [literary] feed Default PoS:  Additional PoS:  Stroke count: 9
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食碗面反碗底
sik6 wun2 min6 faan2 wun2 dai2 = Go back upon somebody. Play somebody false. Betray a friend. (lit. to eat from a bowl and then turn it over) 粵
糧食劵
loeng4 sik6 hyun3 = food stamp or coupon
食品
sik6 ban2 = food
日食
jat6 sik6 = solar eclipse
月食
jyut6 sik6 = lunar eclipse
食嘢
sik6 je5 = to eat something 粵
嘢食
je5 sik6 = food 粵
食物
sik6 mat6 = food; foodstuff
飲食
jam2 sik6 = food and drink; to eat and drink
食飯
sik6 faan6 = to have a meal 粵See all 283 compounds (CantoDict reports 297 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 75 examples containing 食
太多嘢食喇！ 粵
Too much food! [If it is obvious that food is being talked about, the more general 太多嘢喇！ would probably be preferred.]
食完飯先至計啦 粵
I'll have dinner first and then sort it out! [Lit. eat-finish-rice only-then do. Std. Chinese: 吃完飯再計算吧]
蘋果，我鐘意㓟咗皮先至食 粵
I like to peel apples before eating them. [Lit. apples, I like peel [perfective zo2] skin only-then eat.]
我一點喺灣仔食晏。 粵
I have lunch in Wanchai at 1:00 p.m. ["People + time + place + action" is one of the most common sentence patterns in Cantonese.]
食飽想瞓添！ 粵
Feel sleepy when satiated. [Could be said by a person who has eaten too much. see also: 飯氣攻心]
中國人係揸筷子食飯嘅。 粵
Chinese people are [people who] use chopsticks to have their meals. ["揸" here is actually "to hold"]
阿媽今晚唔煮飯，要食自己。 粵
Mum is not going to cook tongiht, so we/I have to have dinner on our/my own. [Usually mother cooks at home every night. If she does not cook, it implies that she is out at night, so the entire family has to think about the dinner stuff.]
唔好買呢啲有防腐劑嘅食物！ 粵
Don't buy food with preservatives! [Lit. Don't buy these have preservatives (of) food]
食完香蕉之後，要掉咗塊蕉皮 粵
Throw away the peel after you've finished the banana. [Lit. eat-finish banana afterwards, need throw-[particle used in imperatives] [counter] banana-skin. Classifier 塊 is optional if the object (蕉皮) consists of two characters. But 塊 would be mandatory if followed by single character 皮. ]
你想食水果就要摘佢啦 粵
If you want to have some fruit you need to pick it [from the tree]. [Lit. you want eat fruit then pick it [particle]]
搵日一齊食飯啦。 粵
Let's have lunch together some day. [The Cantonese word order 搵日 (some day) 一齊 (together) 食飯 (have lunch) 啦 (let's) is the exact opposite of the English version.]
前日佢哋一齊食咗兩餐飯。 粵
They took their meal twice together the day before yesterday. [Here, 餐 is [i]not[/i] a classifier that modifies the noun 飯. It is a verb measure that quantifies the verb 食.]
佢乜嘢魚都鍾意食。 粵
She likes to eat any kind of fish. [In this sentence, 乜嘢都 somehow becomes "any kind of". ]
我哋食藥嗰陣時，要小心啲；可能有副作用。 粵
When taking medication, we have to be careful; there may be some side-effects.
車站入閘後及車廂內，嚴禁飲食
Eating or drinking is not allowed on trains, or in the paid areas of stations. [MTR announcement]
請注意，地鐵車廂內嚴禁飲食，請保持車廂清潔衛生，多謝合作
Please remember. No eating or drinking on MTR trains. Help us keep them fresh, clean and tidy. Thank you! [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,132183 It's supposed to be a MTR announcement, but the wordings are not exactly the same.]
BB要食，快啲將背囊裡面個口水肩笠上BB度. 粵
The baby needs to eat。 Quickly take the bib from the backpack and put it over her。 [Discussion on usage of 將: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703]
我係非常贊同辛苦搵嚟自在食嘅講法,何必委屈自己 粵
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?
我同你冇仇噃，點解次次省波餅我食呢？ 粵
I didn't do anything to piss you off. Why are you throwing/kicking/[whatever action is appropriate] the ball at my body every time? [Alternative translation: There's no grudge between us, why are you hitting me with the balls that you return?]
朝早食嗰碗粥稀冧冧，未到晏晝就餓嘅嘞 粵
The bowl of porridge you had this morning was so watery. You will be hungry before noon.
你一日食十包煙，想早啲釘蓋呀？ 粵
You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) got a death wish? [Lit: You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) want to die earlier?]
邊度有得食正宗嘅意大利菜？ 粵
Where can (one) finds authentic Italian food? [[Lit.] where can/have authentic Italian food to be eaten?]
好快脆就有得食。 粵
Food will be ready soon. [Lit.] very soon, (food will be done and) available to be eaten.
突然間食咁多芒果，我覺得佢好𠺫𠵇 粵
I think he's very strange, suddenly eating all those mangoes like that. [Lit. suddenly eat so many mangoes, I think he very strange.]
我食公仔麵食到厭。 粵
I'm fed up with the eating of instant noodles. [Very often, the same verb (食) has to be used twice when there are both an object (公仔麵) and an extent particle (到) in a sentence. ]
自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。 粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]
四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！ 粵
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say! [未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]
年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。 粵
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.
呢個人罄竹難書，請佢食蓮子羹平宜咗佢 粵
This man was responsible for many countless wrong doings. We let him off easy by putting a bullet in him. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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