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施食

施食

Chinese

		distribute (alms); to do; to execute distribute (alms); to do; to execute; to carry out	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
simp. and trad. (施食)		施	食

Verb

施食

to give food as charity
(Buddhism) to offer food to monks or hungry ghosts

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shīshí

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shīshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshyr
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    失實／失实
    失時／失时
    施食
    蓍實／蓍实
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ sik⁶
  - Yale: sī sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sik⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/