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食鹽

食鹽

See also: 食盐

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	salt
trad. (食鹽)		食	鹽
simp. (食盐)		食	盐

Noun

食鹽

table salt

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shíyán

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ jim⁴
Min Nan (POJ): si̍t-iâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shíyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ jim⁴
  - Yale: sihk yìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ jim⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² jiːm²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-iâm
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-iâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sid'iaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕit̚⁴⁻²¹ iam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² iam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² iam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² iam²³/