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素食

素食

Chinese

		plain; element	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
simp. and trad. (素食)		素	食

Noun

素食

vegetarian foods

Verb

素食

to maintain a vegetarian diet

Derived terms

素食主義／素食主义 (sùshízhǔyì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): sùshí

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ sik⁶
Min Nan (POJ): sò͘-si̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: sùshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhshyr
  - IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    素食
    速食
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ sik⁶
  - Yale: sou sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ sik⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ sɪk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sòo-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sorsit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕit̚⁴/