# 小食
## Chinese

* 小食 (Cantonese)
* 小食 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎoshí
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ sik$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sió-chia̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siou$^2$ ziah$^8$ / siao$^2$ ziah$^8$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$shiau-zeq$_8$ / $^3$shiau-zeq$_8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshí
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshíh
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-shih$^2$
*** Yale: syǎu-shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyr
*** Palladius: сяоши (sjaoši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$小時／小时 小食
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ sik$^6$
*** Yale: síu sihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ sik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ xig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ sɪk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-chia̍h
*** Tâi-lô: sió-tsia̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioyciah
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siaʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siou$^2$ ziah$^8$ / siao$^2$ ziah$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu tsia̍h / siáu tsia̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siaʔ⁴/, /siau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siaʔ⁴/
* siou2 ziah8 - Chaozhou;
* siao2 ziah8 - Shantou.

### Noun

小食
* (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien) snack; refreshment
* (Teochew) street food

#### Synonyms

* 點心／点心 (diǎnxīn)
* 小吃 (xiǎochī)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 零食 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 零吃兒, 零嘴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 零食 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 零嘴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 零嘴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 零嘴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 零食, 零嘴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 零食, 零嘴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 零食, 零嘴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 零食, 零嘴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 零嘴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 零嘴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 零食, 零嘴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 零食, 零嘴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 零食 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 零嘴兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 零食兒, 零嘴兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 零食, 零嘴兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 零食兒, 零嘴兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 零食 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 零食兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 零嘴, 零嘴兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 零嘴兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 零食, 零嘴兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 零嘴兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 零嘴兒, 零食 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 零食, 零嘴兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 零嘴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 零嘴兒, 零食兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 零嘴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 零嘴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 零嘴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 零嘴兒, 班吃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 零食, 零吃, 零嘴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 零嘴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 零食兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 零食, 零嘴, 零嘴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 零食 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 零食, 零食兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 零嘴兒, 零嘴, 零嘴頭子, 零食 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 零嘴兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 零食, 零嘴, 嘴頭子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 零嘴 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 零食 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 零嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 零食, 零碎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 零食 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 零碎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 零食 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 零食, 香香兒, 零嘴兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 零食, 零嘴, 雜食 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 零食 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 零食, 零吃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 零嘴, 零食, 小嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 零食 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 小嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 零嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 零嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 零嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 零嘴, 零食 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 零嘴, 嘴頭, 小口, 零食 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 零食 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 零食 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yongzhou | 嘴食 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 零食, 零叼嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 零食 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 零嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 零嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 零嘴, 零食 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 零食 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 口立濕, 口頭立濕, 閒口 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 零食, 口立濕, 垃雜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 口立濕, 瘦食 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 口立濕 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 圾口 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鹹解 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 嘴頭, 消口, 小口 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 消口, 小口 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 消口, 小口, 嘴頭 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 小口 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 消口 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 消口 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 消口 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 濕碎嘢, 垃雜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 雜食 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 消口 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 零食 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 零碎 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 橫性 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 零星 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 零食, 小口 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 節欖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 小口, 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 零星 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 零食 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 四秀, 噹嗒, 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 四秀仔, 四秀 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 小口 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 零食 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 零食 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 小口 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 零嗒 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 零食 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 零嘴 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 零食, 散食 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 零嘴, 零吃 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 零食 |
| Jin | Datong | 零嘴 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 搬哩吃哩 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 零食 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 零吃 |
| Jin | Linhe | 零食 |
| Jin | Jining | 零食 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 零食 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 碎嘴子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 零食, 零吃 |
| Jin | Handan | 零食, 零嘴 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 零食 |
| Jin | Suide | 零食 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 零星 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 碎食, 碎乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 碎食 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 孑食, 孑屑, 四秀, 零星, 零星物, 零物, 啖糝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 四秀, 零星, 啖糝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 零物仔, 零星, 零星物仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 物食仔, 鹹辛仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 四秀仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 四秀 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 四秀仔, 啖糝, 啖糝仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 四秀 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 四秀仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 四秀仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 四秀仔, 啖糝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 喙食物仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 喙食物仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 四秀仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 四秀 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 四秀仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 四秀 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 四秀 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 四秀 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 四秀, 啖糝, 喙食物, 物食 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 四秀仔, 喙食物仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 四秀仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 四秀 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 四秀 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 四秀仔, 喙食物 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 四秀仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 零星物, 零星 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 點心, 零食 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 零星 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 零食, 摻碎食 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 物食, 物食囝 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 物食 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 物食 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 喙頭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 喙頭 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 零食 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 嘴頭, 零食, 小口 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 零吃 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 閒食, 零食, 小吃 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小吃物事 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 零碎, 零食 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小食, 零食 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 消閒果兒, 消閒食兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 閒食, 碎食 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 路食, 閒懶搭食 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 閒廚野挾, 閒食, 零食 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 零碎 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 零星 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 零食 |

### Adjective

小食
* (Southern Min) eating little; eating like a bird

#### Synonyms

* 小口 (sió-kháu)
* 細食／细食

#### Antonyms

* 大食 (Dàshí)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 小 | 食 |
| しょう Grade: 1 | しょく Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 少食

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しょーしょく [shòóshókú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕo̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

小(しょう)食(しょく) • (shōshoku)
* eating in small portions

### Verb

小(しょう)食(しょく)する • (shōshoku suru) suru (stem 小(しょう)食(しょく)し (shōshoku shi), past 小(しょう)食(しょく)した (shōshoku shita))
* to eat in small portions

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 小食し | しょうしょくし | shōshoku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 小食し | しょうしょくし | shōshoku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 小食する | しょうしょくする | shōshoku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 小食する | しょうしょくする | shōshoku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 小食すれ | しょうしょくすれ | shōshoku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 小食せよ¹ 小食しろ² | しょうしょくせよ¹ しょうしょくしろ² | shōshoku seyo¹ shōshoku shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 小食される | しょうしょくされる | shōshoku sareru |
| Causative | 小食させる 小食さす | しょうしょくさせる しょうしょくさす | shōshoku saseru shōshoku sasu |
| Potential | 小食できる | しょうしょくできる | shōshoku dekiru |
| Volitional | 小食しよう | しょうしょくしよう | shōshoku shiyō |
| Negative | 小食しない | しょうしょくしない | shōshoku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 小食せず | しょうしょくせず | shōshoku sezu |
| Formal | 小食します | しょうしょくします | shōshoku shimasu |
| Perfective | 小食した | しょうしょくした | shōshoku shita |
| Conjunctive | 小食して | しょうしょくして | shōshoku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 小食すれば | しょうしょくすれば | shōshoku sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN