白食

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (白食)		白	食
simp. #(白食)		白	食

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báishí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ sik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-sṳ̍t
• Eastern Min (BUC): băh-siăh^→siĕh
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chia̍h
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸baq-zeq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báishí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báishíh
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-shih²
    • Yale: bái-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshyr
    • Palladius: байши (bajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ sik⁶
    • Yale: baahk sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² sɪk̚²/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: pag siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ sɨt̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: băh-siăh^→siĕh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paʔ⁵⁻³³ ^(s-)lieʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqciah
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡siaʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸baq-zeq
    • MiniDict: bah^入 zeh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-zeq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ zəʔ²³/

Noun

白食

1. (chiefly Mandarin, Wu) free meal
2. (Wu) plain food

Derived terms

• 吃白食 (chī báishí)

 

Verb

白食

1. to eat for free
2. to get something without any effort or payment; to get a free lunch; to live off of others
3. (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) to eat rice without an accompanying dish, or vice versa

Synonyms

• (to eat for free): 白吃 (báichī)