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小食

小食

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
simp. and trad. (小食)		小	食

Noun

小食

(Mandarin, Cantonese) snack

Synonyms

零食 (língshí)

Adjective

小食

(Min Nan) eating little; eating like a bird

Synonyms

小口 (sió-kháu)
細食／细食

Antonyms

大食 (Dàshí)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiǎoshí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sik⁶
Min Nan (POJ): sió-chia̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: xiǎoshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyr
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    小時／小时
    小食
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² sik⁶
  - Yale: síu sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sik⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sɪk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-chia̍h
  - Tâi-lô: sió-tsia̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioyciah
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ⁴/