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銷蝕

銷蝕

Chinese

		to melt; to do away with; to sell	eat up slowly; eclipse
trad. (銷蝕)		銷	蝕
simp. (销蚀)		销	蚀

Verb

銷蝕

to corrode

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāoshí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ sik⁶
Min Nan (POJ): siau-si̍h / siau-si̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: xiāoshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaushyr
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
    ^edit
    ^edit
    消食
    硝石
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu¹ sik⁶
  - Yale: sīu sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ sik⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-si̍h
  - Tâi-lô: siau-si̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siausih
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ³³ ɕiʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: siau-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siausit
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ³³ ɕit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕit̚¹²¹/