食 (sik6 zi6 | shi2 si4) : eat; food

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食

sik6 zi6

shi2 si4

[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

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This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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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 liang2 shi2 quan2 = food stamp or coupon

食品 sik6 ban2 shi2 pin3 = food

日食 jat6 sik6 ri4 shi2 = solar eclipse

月食 jyut6 sik6 yue4 shi2 = lunar eclipse

食嘢 sik6 je5 = to eat something 粵

嘢食 je5 sik6 = food 粵

食物 sik6 mat6 shi2 wu4 = food; foodstuff

飲食 jam2 sik6 yin3 shi2 = food and drink; to eat and drink

食飯 sik6 faan6 = to have a meal 粵

好食 hou2 sik6 = delicious; tasty 粵

搵食 wan2 sik6 = to earn a living; to look for food 粵

食飽 sik6 baau2 = be full (from eating)

趁熱食 can3 jit6 sik6 = eat it while it's hot 粵

食晏 sik6 aan3 = to eat lunch 粵

食用 sik6 jung6 shi2 yong4 = edible; for the table; to be eaten

食藥 sik6 joek6 = to take medication 粵

熟食 suk6 sik6 shu2 / shi2 = cooked food

食指 sik6 zi2 = index finger; forefinger

食唔晒 sik6 m4 saai3 = unable to finish eating 粵

熟食店 suk6 sik6 dim3 shu2 shi2 dian4 = delicatessen, deli

食坊 sik6 fong1 shi2 fang2 = food court 粵

食埋 sik6 maai4 = finish the food 粵

罐頭食物 gun3 tau*2 sik6 mat6 guan4 tou2 shi2 wu4 = canned food

食𩜠𩜠 sik6 mam1 mam1 shi2 man3 man3 = [baby talk] to eat 粵

飽肚食 baau2 tou5 sik6 dao3 du4 shi2 = eat (medicine etc.) on a full stomach 粵

整嘢食 zing2 je5 sik6 zheng3 ye3 shi2 = make sth. to eat; cook sth. 粵

小食亭 siu2 sik6 ting4 xiao3 shi2 ting2 = refreshment kiosk

食言 sik6 jin4 = to break one\'s promise

食死貓 sik6 sei2 maau1 = be made a scapegoat 粵

為食 wai6 sik6 = greedy; gluttonous; gourmand 粵

大食 daai6 sik6 da4 shi2 = someone who eats a lot, a glutton; to gorge 粵

食咗飯未呀 sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa3 = how are you? (informal) 粵

急凍食物 gap1 dung3 sik6 mat6 ji2 dong4 shi2 wu4 = frozen food

食晒 sik6 saai3 = to finish eating 粵

食拖鞋飯 sik6 to1 haai4*2 faan6 = (of a man) to live off one's wife/girlfriend; to depend on one's wife/girlfriend for support 粵

食煙 sik6 jin1 = to smoke a cigarette 粵

揀飲擇食 gaan2 jam2 zaak6 sik6 = picky eater 粵

食齋 sik6 zaai1 = to be a vegetarian 粵

食慾 sik6 juk6 shi2 yu4 = appetite; [粵] 開胃

食堂 sik6 tong4 shi2 tang2 = dining hall; food hall; eating place (indoors), cafeteria

食碗面，反碗底 sik6 wun2 min6*2 faan2 wun2 dai2 = to repay kindness with ingratitude 粵

燒嘢食 siu1 je5 sik6 shao1 ye3 shi2 = barbeque 粵

主食 zyu2 sik6 zhu3 shi2 = the main dish

食滯 sik6 zai6 = loss of appetite 粵

擔屎唔偷食 daam1 si2 m4 tau1 sik6 = very honest 粵

副食 fu3 sik6 fu4 shi2 = non-staple food

甜食 tim4 sik6 tian2 shi2 = dessert; sweetmeats; sweet food

糧食 loeng4 sik6 liang2 shi5 = foodstuffs, cereals

暴飲暴食 bou6 jam2 bou6 sik6 = engorgement

食客 sik6 haak3 shi2 ke4 = dependant, freeloader, sponger; prof scholar kept by wealthy families

自食其力 zi6 sik6 kei4 lik6 = earn one's own living

絕食 zyut6 sik6 jue2 shi2 = fast; go on a hunger strike

忌食 gei6 sik6 = avoid eating sth

細食 sai3 sik6 = smooth diet

試食 si3 sik6 = test-meal

食肆 sik6 si3 shi2 si4 = restaurant (all types of)

定食 ding6 sik6 = set menu

齋食 zaai1 sik6 = vegetarian's dishes

零食 ling4 sik6 = between-meal snacks

食水 sik6 seoi2 = drinking water; large profits 粵

食物中毒 sik6 mat6 zung3 duk6 = food poisoning

食鹽 sik6 jim4 = salt; common salt; table salt

擇食 zaak6 sik6 = to be a fussy eater

大食懶 daai6 sik6 laan5 = lazy (sits around eating too much doing nothing), a lazy person 粵

小食店 siu2 sik6 dim3 = deli

小食部 siu2 sik6 bou6 = snack bar

食家 sik6 gaa1 shi2 jia1 = gourmet 粵

食過 sik6 gwo3 = ate

食風 sik6 fung1 = no opportunity to have a meal; take a vacation 粵

乞食 hat1 sik6 = to beg for food 粵

識飲識食 sik1 jam2 sik1 sik6 = gourmandize

獨食 duk6 sik6 du2 shi2 = eat alone; selfish

吃獨食 hek3 duk6 sik6 = will not share (gain, profit) with others

搶食 coeng2 sik6 = feeding frenzy

煮食 zyu2 sik6 = cook food

食軟飯 sik6 jyun5 faan6 shi2 ruan3 fan4 = a ponce; a man who is supported by a woman (lit., "eat soft rice") 粵

食人者 sik6 jan4 ze2 shi2 ren2 zhe3 = cannibal

同類相食 tung4 leoi6 soeng1 sik6 = cannibal

食糖水 sik6 tong4 seoi2 = to eat dessert 粵

食糖 sik6 tong4*2 = to eat sweets 粵

殺食 saat3 sik6 = unbeatable; to be particularly good at sth 粵

即食麵 zik1 sik6 min6 = instant noodle

食帶 sik6 daai3*2 = the tape (in the VCR) is stuck (lit., "eat tape")

食飯檯 sik6 faan6 toi4*2 = a dining table

肉食 juk6 sik6 = meat (in general); a meat diet, creophagism

節食 zit3 sik6 = to diet, be dieting

節食者 zit3 sik6 ze2 = a dieter

戒食 gaai3 sik6 jie4 shi2 = to limit one's diet for health reasons

肉食公司 juk6 sik6 gung1 si1 = a butcher's shop

食病 sik6 beng6 = to overeat and become ill

食死 sik6 sei2 = to kill (because of poisoning or overeating)

食完 sik6 jyun4 shi2 wan2 = to finish eating

三個和尚冇水食 saam1 go3 wo4 soeng6*2 mou5 seoi2 sik6 = "to pass the buck" 粵

食嗮 sik6 saai3 = to finish up 粵

食素嘅人 sik6 sou3 ge3 jan4 = a vegetarian 粵

食辣嘢 sik6 laat6 je5 = to have hot (spicy) food 粵

食齋嘅人 sik6 zaai1 ge3 jan4 = a vegetarian (typically Buddhist) 粵

熟食檔 suk6 sik6 dong3 = a cooked food stall

伙食 fo2 sik6 huo3 shi2 = food or meal served at a mess hall

促進食欲的 cuk1 zeon3 sik6 juk6 dik1 cu4 jin4 shi2 yu4 de5 = [adj] appetizing 國

全食 cyun4 sik6 quan2 shi2 = [astron.] total eclipse, totality

埋街食井水 maai4 gaai1 sik6 zeng2 seoi2 = (of women) to marry up 粵

食井水 sik6 zeng2 seoi2 = (of women) to marry up 粵

食物銀行 sik6 mat6 ngan4 hong4 shi2 wu4 yin2 hang2 = food bank (place for the needy to get foodstuff handouts)

便利食品 bin6 lei6 sik6 ban2 bian4 li4 shi2 pin3 = convenient foods

加工食物 gaa1 gung1 sik6 mat6 jia1 gong1 shi2 wu4 = processed foods

均衡膳食 gwan1 hang4 sin6 sik6 jun1 heng2 shan4 shi2 = balanced diet

肉食性動物 juk6 sik6 sing3 dung6 mat6 rou4 shi2 xing4 dong4 wu4 = carnivores

草食性動物 cou2 sik6 sing3 dung6 mat6 cao3 shi3 xing4 dong4 wu4 = herbivore

雜食性動物 zaap6 sik6 sing3 dung6 mat6 za2 shi2 xing4 dong4 wu4 = omnivore

食物添加劑 sik6 mat6 tim1 gaa1 zai1 shi2 wu4 tian1 jia1 ji4 = food additive

食物鏈 sik6 mat6 lin4 shi2 wu4 lian4 = food chain

食用纖維 sik6 jung6 cim1 wai4 shi2 yong4 xian1 wei2 = dietary fiber (fibre)

食肉生物 sik6 juk6 sang1 mat6 shi2 rou4 sheng1 wu4 = carnivores

食道 sik6 dou6 zhi2 dao4 = oesophagus, esophagus (or gullet)

飲食療養 jam2 sik6 liu4 joeng5 yin3 shi2 liao2 yang3 = diet

去食存信 heoi2 sik6 cyun4 seon3 = to maintain one's faith and righteousness at all costs

不健康的食品 bat1 gin6 hong1 dik1 sik6 ban2 = unhealthy food 國

不良飲食習慣 bat1 loeng4 jam2 sik6 zaap6 gwaan3 = poor eating and drinking habits 國

傳統食物 cyun4 tung2 sik6 mat6 = traditional foods

基因改造食物 gei1 jan1 goi2 zou6 sik6 mat6 = genetically modified (GM) foods

基因改造食品 gei1 jan1 goi2 zou6 sik6 ban2 = genetically modified (GM) foods

有機食物 jau5 gei1 sik6 mat6 = organic food

有機食品 jau5 gei1 sik6 ban2 you3 ji1 shi2 pin3 = organic food

軍人食堂 gwan1 jan4 sik6 tong4 = mess hall (cafeteria in the military)

食人魚 sik6 jan4 jyu4*2 shi2 ren2 yu2 = the red piranha / pirana

廢寢忘食 fai3 cam2 mong4 sik6 fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2 = plagued with anxiety (lit., "losing sleep and forgetting to eat") ([港]: 廢寢忘餐)

食譜 sik6 pou2 shi2 pu3 = recipe

食油 sik6 jau4 = cooking oil; [粵] a car engine burning oil (lit., "eats oil")

蠶食鯨吞 caam4 sik6 king4 tan1 can2 shi2 jing1 tun1 = of the powerful to gradually seize and occupy or swallow up that of the weak

貪食 taam1 sik6 = [adj] gluttonous

添食 tim1 sik6 = [v] to repeat what has been done before; to do something again

獵食者 lip6 sik6 ze2 = a predator

飲飽食醉 jam2 baau2 sik6 zeoi3 = [exp] drinking one's fill and eating oneself drunk (satisfaction after a good meal and many drinks)

飲飲食食 jam2 jam2 sik6 sik6 = [v] to eat out together; to invite one another to dinner or tea

飲食行業 jam2 sik6 hong4 jip6 = [n] the food processing and beverage industries

食螺絲 sik6 lo4 si1 = to speak indistinctly; to mumble 粵

扮豬食老虎 baan6 zyu1 sik6 lou5 fu2 = pretending to be the fool; feigning ignorance 粵

煮食爐 zyu2 sik6 lou4 = a cooker

絕食抗議 zyut6 sik6 kong3 ji5 jue2 shi2 kang4 yi4 = [n] stage a hunger strike in protest of sth

食火藥 sik6 fo2 joek6 = very angry 粵

弱肉強食 joek6 juk6 koeng4 sik6 = survival of fittest

好食好住 hou2 sik6 hou2 zyu6 = have good food and a comfortable place to live 粵

呃鬼食豆腐 aak1 gwai2 sik6 dau6 fu6 = expression of skepticism 粵

啱食 ngaam1 sik6 = fashionable; appropriate to eat 粵

白食 baak6 sik6 = to get a free meal

食波餅 sik6 bo1 beng2 = to be hit by the ball in a sporting event (lit., "eat ball cake") 粵

餐搵餐食 caan1 wan2 caan1 sik6 = living from hand to mouth 粵

大使大食 daai6 sai2 daai6 sik6 = wasteful of money, wasteful of food

大食會 daai6 sik6 wui6*2 = buffet; smorgasbord

擔屎都唔偷食 daam1 si2 dou1 m4 tau1 sik6 = to be completely trustworthy (lit., "to carry crap and not eat it") 粵

得食 dak1 sik6 = go smoothly; come off; do fine; succeed 粵

當食生菜 dong3 sik6 saang1 coi3 = to regard sth as easy (as eating lettuce)

分嚟食 fan1 lei4/lai4 sik6 = share the food 粵

堂食 tong4 sik6 = to eat in (as opposed to 外賣 takeaway)

叫嘢食 giu3 je5 sik6 = order food 粵

講飲講食 gong2 jam2 gong2 sik6 = to talk about food and drink 粵

黑狗得食白狗當災 hak1 gau2 dak1 sik6 baak6 gau2 dong1 zoi1 = the bad person gets ahead while the good suffer for the bad's deeds (lit., "black dog eats, white dog is punished")

好食懶飛 hou3 sik6 laan5 fei1 = lazy

食夾棍 sik6 gaap3 gwan3 = to double-cross; to take a percentage as a middleman; to be a scapegoat 粵

慢慢食 maan6 maan6*2 sik6 = enjoy your meal ! 粵

食滯咗 sik6 zai6 zo2 = have eaten too much 粵

自食其果 zi6 sik6 kei4 gwo2 zi4 shi2 qi2 guo3 = reap what one has sown

偷食唔抹嘴 tau1 sik6 m4 maat3 zeoi2 = leave evidence after cheating 粵

食用色素 sik6 jung6 sik1 sou3 shi2 yong4 se4 su4 = food colour

識食 sik1 sik6 = to have a good palate for food 粵

餐搵餐食餐餐清 caan1 wan2 caan1 sik6 caan1 caan1 cing1 = completely spend what one earns, "living paycheck to paycheck" 粵

食檸檬 sik6 ning4 mung4*1 = feeling ashamed because of being rejected by someone 粵

辛苦搵嚟自在食 san1 fu2 wan2 lei4 zi6 zoi6 sik6 = to work very hard for food 粵

食飽飯等屎屙 sik6 baau2 faan6 dang2 si2 o1 = have nothing to do 粵

食沙 sik6 saa1 = to eat 粵

食文化 sik6 man4 faa3 = culinary culture

即食文化 zik1 sik6 man4 faa3 = fast food culture

任食 jam6 sik6 = all you can eat (for meals at restaurants) 粵

食硬你 sik6 ngaang6 nei5 = to be sure; must win 粵

食粥食飯 sik6 zuk1 sik6 faan6 = could be good or could be bad (lit., "whether we eat porridge or rice...") 粵

食衣住行育樂 sik6 ji1 zyu6 hang4 juk6 ngok6 = the necessities of life (food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and entertainment)

食住條水 sik6 zyu6 tiu4 seoi2 = grab the opportunity 粵

食蝦轆 sik6 haa1 luk1 = saying the wrong script while acting 粵

發誓當食生菜 faat3 sai6 dong1 sik6 saang1 coi3 = not being serious when doing one's vow or pledge for sth 粵

誓願當食生菜 sai6 jyun6 dong3 sik6 saang1 coi3 = not being serious when making a vow or a pledge 粵

眲飯食 ak1 faan6 sik6 = make a living 粵

暴食 bou6 sik6 = gluttony, gluttonize

食過返尋味 sik6 gwo3 faan1 cam4 mei6 = come back for more 粵

食髓知味 sik6 seoi5 zi1 mei6 = Having tasted the marrow, the longing for its savour grows

秋風起，食臘味 cau1 fung1 hei2 sik6 laap6 mei6*2 = when the autumn winds blow, the time is ripe for preserved meats

食詐和 sik6 zaa3 wu4*2 shi2 zha4 hu2 = to mistakenly announce good news (from 詐和 in mahjong) 粵

素食 sou3 sik6 su4 shi2 = vegetables; vegetarian food

為食鬼 wai6 sik6 gwai2 = greedy; gluttonous; gourmand 粵

食白果 sik6 baak6 gwo2 shi2 bai2 guo3 = get zero results 粵

大食細 daai6 sik6 sai3 = Darwinism; the big fish eats the small fish 粵

大菌食細菌 daai6 kwan2 sik6 sai3 kwan2 = don’t worry too much about hygiene when you are eating 粵

食人隻車 sik6 jan4 zek3 geoi1 = too greedy 粵

食街 sik6 gaai1 shi2 jie1 = food street

禁食 gam3 sik6 jin4 shi2 = abstain from food

硬食 ngaang6 sik6 = to be forced 粵

為食貓 wai6 sik6 maau1 = greedy; gluttonous; gourmand 粵

食穀種 sik6 guk1 zung2 = to rest on one's laurels 粵

難食 naan4 sik6 = unpalatable 粵

服食過量 fuk6 sik6 gwo3 leong6 = to overdose

飢不擇食 gei1 bat1 zaak6 sik6 = beggars can't be choosers; when very hungry, eat whatever is available

寅食卯糧 jan4 sik6 maau5 loeng4 = living on credit 粵

偷食 tau1 sik6 = cheat on one's spouse 粵

美食 mei5 sik6 mei3 shi2 = fine food, delicacies, tasty food

黐飲黐食 ci1 jam2 ci1 sik6 chi1 yin3 chi1 shi2 = to sponge food off others 粵

天狗食日 tin1 gau2 sik6 jat6 tian1 gou3 shi2 ri4 = eclipse; lit. sky dog eats the sun

寢食難安 cam2 sik6 naan4 on1 qin3 shi2 nan2 an1 = synonym of 寢食不安

食得落 sik6 dak1 lok6 = feel like eating 粵

食字邊 sik6 zi6 bin1 shi2 zi4 bian1 = Kangxi radical 184 (eat) (飠) 粵

食量 sik6 loeng6 shi2 liang4 = quantity of food

不時不食 bat1 si4 bat1 sik6 = not to eat food that is not in season

食貓麵 sik6 maau1 min6 = being scolded / yelled 粵

食無情雞 sik6 mou4 cing4 gai1 shi2 wu2 qing2 ji1 = to get fired; to have received a pink slip; to receive marching orders 粵

食過夜粥 sik6 gwo3 ye6 zuk1 shi2 guo4 ye4 zhou1 = to have learned kung fu before; to have studied martial arts 粵

豐衣足食 fung1 ji1 zuk1 sik6 feng1 yi1 zu2 shi2 = to have an abundance of the essentials like food and clothing; to lack nothing

又食又拎 jau6 sik6 jau6 ling1 = eat in and take away leftovers; have it both ways 粵

食西北風 sik6 sai1 bak1 fung1 shi2 xi1 bei3 feng1 = have nothing to eat; live on air 粵

顧食唔顧著 gu3 sik6 m4 gu3 zoek3 gu4 shi2 wu2 gu4 zhuo2 = only care about food and totally neglect the way one dresses 粵

食錢機 sik6 cin4*2 gei1 = cash deposit machine (CDM), immediate deposit machine (IDM) 粵

癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉 laai3 haa4 maa4 soeng2 sik6 tin1 ngo4 juk6 lai4 ha2 ma2 xiang3 shi2 tian1 e2 rou4 = to be out of one's league; to desire sth. one is unworthy of 粵

食砒霜杜蟲 sik6 pei1 soeng1 dou6 cung4 shi2 pi1 shuang1 du4 chong2 = Use unnecessarily drastic counter measures (ones that hurt oneself) to deal with a minor issue 粵

人無生活計，枉食人間米 jan4 mou4 sang1 wut6 gai3, wong2 sik6 jan4 gaan1 mai5 ren2 wu2 sheng1 huo2 ji4, wang3 shi2 ren2 jian1 mi3 = if one doesn't have a plan or goal in one will just waste his life away for nothing 粵

白狗偷食，黑狗當災 baak6 gau2 tau1 sik6, hak1 gau2 dong1 zoi1 bai2 gou3 tou1 shi2, hei1 gou3 dang1 zai1 = be wrongly blamed for sth. one didn't do; take the blame for sb. else's misdeed 粵

睇餸食飯 tai2 sung3 sik6 faan6 = to be careful, to be cautious 粵

嗌嘢食 aai3 je5 sik6 = order something to eat 粵

食電 sik6 din6 shi2 dian4 = (of an appliance) consume electricity 粵

為食啄 wai6 sik6 doeng1 wei4 shi2 zhuo2 = glutton 粵

背脊向天人所食 bui3 zek3 hoeng3 tin1 jan4 so2 sik6 bei4 ji2 xiang4 tian1 ren2 suo3 shi2 = (Cantonese saying) everything that crawls is edible for people 粵

慳住食 haan1 zyu6 sik6 qian1 zhu4 shi2 = watch one's spending when buying food; be thrifty when eating 粵

食住上 sik6 zyu6 soeng5 shi2 zhu4 shang4 = take advantage of an opportunity that arises; strike the iron while it's hot 粵

抵食 dai2 sik6 = cheap meal, eat for a low price 粵

食飽冇憂米 sik6 baau2 mou5 jau1 mai5 shi2 bao3 mao3 you1 mi3 = be oblivious to the hardships of life; no nothing about the difficulties of life 粵

食龍肉都冇味 sik6 lung4 juk4 dou1 mou5 mei6 shi2 long2 rou4 dou1 mao3 wei4 = not be in the mood for sth.; not have an appetite 粵

食風栗 sik6 fung1 leot6*2 shi2 feng1 li4 = to get knocked on the head by sb\\\'s knuckles 粵

民以食為天 man4 ji5 sik6 wai4 tin1 min2 yi3 shi2 wei2 tian1 = food is the first necessity of the people

食肉獸 sik6 juk6 sau3 shi2 rou4 shou4 = carnivore

三旬九食 saam1 ceon4 gau2 sik6 san1 xun2 jiu3 shi2 = in dire straights; on the brink of starvation

衣食住行 ji1 sik6 zyu6 hang4 yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2 = the bare necessities of everyday life

呃飲呃食 ngaak1 jam2 ngaak1 sik6 e4 yin3 e4 shi2 = to cheat someone out of food and water 粵

唔食廣東米 m4 sik6 gwong 2 dung1 mai5 wu2 shi2 guang3 dong1 mi3 = to pass way (to no longer eat Cantonese rice) 粵

食長齋 sik6 coeng4 zaai1 shi2 chang2 zhai1 = 1. adopt a long term vegetarian diet 2. to refrain from doing sth. on a long term basis 粵

食長糧 sik6 coeng4 loeng4 shi2 chang2 liang2 = 1. live of one's pension 2. be in jail on a lifetime prision sentence 粵

起居飲食 hei2 geoi1 jam2 sik6 qi3 ju1 yin3 shi2 = activities of daily life

食古不化 sik6 gu2 bat1 faa3 shi2 gu3 bu2 hua4 = pedantic

餵食 wai3 sik6 wei4 shi2 = feed

食人族 sik6 jan4 zuk6 shi2 ren2 zu2 = cannibal

寢食不安 cam2 sik6 bat1 on1 qin3 shi2 bu4 an1 = be worried all the time

冇啖好食 mou5 daam6 hou2 sik6 = difficulties abound 粵

食鹽多過你食米 sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5 = to be more experienced 粵

食和 sik6 wu4*2 = (mahjong) to win 粵

貪威識食 taam1 wai1 sik1 sik6 = sybarite (a person devoted to luxury and pleasure)

食物檢驗法 sik6 mat6 gim2 jim6 faat3 shi2 wu4 jian3 yan4 fa3 = food test

食物網 sik6 mat6 mong5 shi2 wu4 wang3 = food web

香港食品委員會 hoeng1 gong2 sik6 ban2 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 = Hong Kong Food Council

食物環境衛生署 sik6 mat6 waan4 ging2 wai6 sang1 cyu5 shi2 wu4 huan2 jing4 wei4 sheng1 shu3 = Food and Environmental Hygiene Department

暴食症 bou6 sik6 zing3 = bulimia nervosa

厭食症 jim3 sik6 zing3 = anorexia

食道語 sik6 dou6 jyu5 = esophageal speech

飲食店 jam2 sik6 dim3 yin3 shi2 dian4 = trattoria

大雞唔食細米 daai6 gai1 m4 sik6 sai3 mai5 = eagles catch no flies 粵

食得鹹魚抵得渴 sik6 dak1 haam4 jyu4 dai2 dak1 hot3 = One must bear the consequences of one's own choice. 粵

食力 sik6 lik6 = sustain pressure indirectly 粵

黑狗得食白狗當災 hak1 gau2 dak1 sik6 baak6 gau2 dong1 zoi1 hei1 gou3 de2 shi2 bai2 gou3 dang1 zai1 = the bad person gets ahead while the good suffer for the bad's deeds (lit., "black dog eats, white dog is punished")

雞食放光蟲 gai1 sik6 fong3 gwong1 cung4 = know what is what 粵

扁食 bin2 sik6 = wonton 國

食不言,寢不語 sik6 bat1 jin4 cam2 bat1 jyu5 shi2 bu4 yan2 qin3 bu4 yu3 = Don’t talk while eating, don’t speak after lying down for sleep

偏食 pin1 sik6 pian1 shi2 = [1] partiality towards a certain type of food [2] partial eclipse

實食冇黐牙 sat6 sik6 mou5 ci1 ngaa4 shi2 shi2 mao3 chi1 ya2 = practically certain; cocksure; in the bag 粵

食環署 sik6 waan4 cyu5 shi2 huan2 shu3 = Food and Environmental Hygiene Department

食神 sik6 san4 shi2 shen2 = The God of Cookery

食字 sik6 zi6 = pun 粵

食飽無憂米 sik6 baau2 mou4 jau1 mai5 = lead a worry-free life 粵

簞食瓢飲 daan1 sik6 piu4 jam2 dan1 si4 piao2 yin3 = live in poverty

食塞米 sik6 sak1 mai5 = have no talent; useless 粵

不食人間煙火 bat1 sik6 jan4 gaan1 jin1 fo2 bu4 shi2 ren2 jian1 yan1 huo3 = otherworldly; free of worldly cares

低碳飲食 dai1 taan3 jam2 sik6 di1 tan4 yin3 shi2 = low-carb diet

金食 gam1 sik6 jin1 shi2 = to commit suicide

美國飲食協會 mei5 gwok3 jam2 sik6 hip3 wui6*2 = American Dietetic Association

食品藥品監督管理局 sik6 ban2 joek6 ban2 gaam1 duk1 gun2 lei5 guk6*2 guo2 jia1 shi2 pin3 yao4 pin3 jian1 du1 guan3 li3 ju2 = Food and Drug Administration

國家食品藥品監督管理局 gwok3 gaa1 sik6 ban2 joek6 ban2 gaam1 duk1 gun2 lei5 guk6*2 guo2 jia1 shi2 pin3 yao4 pin3 jian1 du1 guan3 li3 ju2 = PRC State Food and Drug Administration

食品衛生法 sik6 ban2 wai6 sang1 faat3 shi2 pin3 wei4 sheng1 fa3 = Food Hygiene Law of People's Republic of China

丼丼屋食堂 dam2 dam2 uk1 sik6 tong4 dan3 dan3 wu1 shi2 tang2 = dondonya shokudo

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嗰間餐廳啲嘢好好食㗎！粵
The food at that restaurant is excellent!

你想食牛肉定係豬肉呀？粵
Do you want to eat beef or pork?

你鍾唔鍾意食花生㗎？粵
Do you like to eat peanuts?

你想食麵定係食飯呀？粵
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

我唔食肉。我食蔬。粵
I don't eat meat. I am a vegetarian.

我今日未食早餐粵
I haven't eaten breakfast yet today

我今日唔會食早餐粵
Today I'm not going to eat breakfast

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.]

今晚食乜餸？粵
What are the side dishes for dinner?

上星期日我同啲朋友一齊食晚飯。粵
Last Sunday, I had dinner with my friends together.

食飯前要先洗手。粵
One should wash one's hands before having a meal.

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]

你想食飯定食麵呀？粵
Do you want to eat rice or noodles?
[Lit. you want eat rice or eat noodle [particle]?]

我食飽啦！粵
I'm full!

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.]

我唔知食乜。粵
I don't know what to 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.]

我呢排食少咗嘢粵
I've recently been eating less.

我鍾意食薯條粵
I like to eat french fries

你想唔想食碗雲吞麵？粵
Do you want to eat a bowl of wonton noodles?

我唔食得花生粵
I cannot eat peanuts.

肉是一種食物, 它取自動物。國
Meat is a type of food, it comes from animals.

我乜都鍾意食粵
I like to eat everything.
[literally: "I like to eat whatever"]

不如去雞記食早餐囉! 粵
Let's go to KFC have a breakfast.

你硬係食到過籠！粵
You always eat too much food!

我哋屋企有好多靚嘢食粵
We have so much nice food in the house.

買咗件蛋糕兩份食粵
I bought a piece of cake for both of us to share

食酸嘢好醒胃粵
Sour food improves one's appetite.

你食咗飯未呀？粵
Have you eaten yet?
[This is also commonly used as a greeting akin to "how are you"?]

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"]

食飯係享受。粵
Having a meal is a joy.

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.]

幾時先去食飯呀？粵
When do we go having meal?

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]]

將個蘋果㓟皮先至食
Peel the apple before eating it.

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.

你成日食嘢唔做嘢；搏炒係咪? 粵
You're forever eating and not doing work; are you trying to get fired?

食咗腐敗嘅食物容易生病。粵
You are liable to get sick by eating putrid food.

咪咁眼闊肚窄，重有好多餸；慢慢啲食！粵
Don't be so greedy, there's still a lot of food; eat slower!

今晚咁多餸；梗係食唔晒啦。粵
There's so much food tonight; of course I can't finish the lot.

唔食菜嘅小朋友唔准食甜品粵
Children who don't eat their vegetables aren't allowed to eat dessert.

好食到七名都食埋粵
So tasty that it is finger licking good.

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.]

我食蘋果通常都唔㓟皮嘅粵
I usually eat apples without peeling its skin.

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]

呢𢱢蘋果你攞去食啦粵
Take and eat this slice of apple

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?

老細請呢餐我哋都食到依牙鬆槓粵
The treat from my boss was wonderful and the food was great!

佢食得好𠵇𠺫粵
He is very particular about food.

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?]

你真係癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉粵
You are going after a girl who is way too good for you.

你食咗草龍咩咁好唱口粵
You are happily singing non-stop. Are you on drugs?

老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔，真係咄咄怪事！
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!

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.

搵個紗罩嚟扱實啲嘢食粵
Find a mesh cover to cover the food.

生果係一種有益健康嘅食物粵
Fresh fruit is a kind of food that's beneficial to health.

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.

你嗱嗱聲做埋啲嘢，然後去食飯啦！粵
You should hurry up and finish your work, so that you can have your meal!

佢哋結咗婚?呃鬼食豆腐咩。粵
They got married! You're kidding!

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. ]

沙地唔食力﹐唔好走咁快。粵
Sandy road surface doesn't provide much friction. Don't run too fast.

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.

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