貪食

Chinese

		greedy	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (貪食)		貪	食
simp. (贪食)		贪	食

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ sik⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thâm-sṳ̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tam¹ sed⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tham-chia̍h / tham-cha̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tam¹ ziah⁸

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹thoe-zeq₈

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ sik⁶
    • Yale: tāam sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâm-sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: tam^ˊ siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tam¹ sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tam¹ sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰam⁴⁴ sət̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tham-chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tham-tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tamciah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam³³ t͡siaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tham-cha̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tham-tsa̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tamzah
    • IPA (Longyan): /tʰam³³⁴ t͡sa³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tam¹ ziah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tham tsia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam³³⁻²³ t͡siaʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹thoe-zeq₈
    • MiniDict: thoe^平 zeh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thoe-zeq₅
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰø⁵⁵ zəʔ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰø⁴⁴ zəʔ/

Adjective

貪食

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) fond of eating; gluttonous; voracious

Synonyms

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• 上合合 (Hakka)
• 喙斗㾀 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 嘴饞 / 嘴馋 (zuǐchán)
• 圖食 / 图食 (Hakka)
• 好吃 (hàochī)
• 好食 (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 枵饞 / 枵馋 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 枵鬼 (Hokkien)
• 為食 / 为食 (wai⁶ sik⁶) (Cantonese)
• 豺食 (Hakka)
• 貪吃 / 贪吃 (tānchī)
• 貪嘴 / 贪嘴 (tānzuǐ)
• 貪饞 / 贪馋 (tānchán)
• 重食 (Hokkien)
• 饞嘴 / 馋嘴 (chánzuǐ)
• 饞食 / 馋食 (Taiwanese Hokkien)

Derived terms

• 貪食鬼 / 贪食鬼

References

• 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “贪食”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 274.