# 吃食
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chīshi
    (Zhuyin): ㄔ ˙ㄕ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hek$^3$ sik$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chīshi
*** Zhuyin: ㄔ ˙ㄕ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chihshi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^1$-shih$^5$
*** Yale: chr̄-shr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy.shy
*** Palladius: чиши (čiši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hek$^3$ sik$^6$
*** Yale: hek sihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hek$^8$ sik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hég$^3$ xig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɛːk̚³ sɪk̚²/

#### Noun

吃食
* (colloquial) food; grub
** 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 出埃及記 [Exodus] 21:10:
       Ruò lìng qǔ yī ge, nà nǚzǐ de chīshi, yīfu, bìng hǎohé de shì, réng bùkě jiǎnshǎo. [Pinyin]
       If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 食物 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 食物 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 吃食, 吃兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 食物 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 食物 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 食物 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 食物, 食品 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 吃的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 吃的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 吃食 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 吃食 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 吃的, 吃頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 吃的, 吃貨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 吃食 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 吃的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 吃的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 吃的東西, 食物 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嘢食, 食物 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 吃食 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食物 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食物 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 食物 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 食物 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 食物 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 食物 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 食物 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 食品 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 食物 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 食其乇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 食物, 物食, 食食 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 食物, 食食 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 食物, 物食, 食食 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 食物, 物食 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 食食, 物食 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 食物, 食食 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 物食 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 物食 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 食物 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 食物 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吃個物事 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 吃食物事 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 吃個 |

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chīshí
    (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄕˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hek$^3$ sik$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chīshí
*** Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chihshíh
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^1$-shih$^2$
*** Yale: chr̄-shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyshyr
*** Palladius: чиши (čiši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chīshír
*** Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄕˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chihshíhr
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^1$-shih$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chr̄-shír
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chysherl
*** Palladius: чишир (čišir)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hek$^3$ sik$^6$
*** Yale: hek sihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hek$^8$ sik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hég$^3$ xig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɛːk̚³ sɪk̚²/

#### Verb

吃食
* (of animals) to eat; to feed
** 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 馬太福音 [Matthew] 8:30:
       Lí tāmen hěn yuǎn, yǒu yī dà qún zhū chīshí. [Pinyin]
       Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. (English Revised Version)