Vietnamese Word Entry

絕食
Quốc ngữ:tuyệt thực
Definition: to stop eating for religious fasting, protest or a hunger strike

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Chinese characters used in this word

cut, sever, break off, terminate
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ (jué)
Cantonese: zyut6
Japanese: ゼツ (zetsu) / たえる (taeru)、 たつ (tatsu)、 たやす (tayasu)
Korean: 절 (jeol)
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eat, food, meal, Kangxi radical 184
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕˊ (shí), ㄙˋ (sì), ㄧˋ (yì)
Cantonese: sik6
Japanese: ショク (shoku)、 ジキ (jiki)、 シ (shi) / く.う (kuu)、 く.らう (kurau)、 た.べる (taberu)、 は.む (hamu)
Korean: 식 (sig), 사 (sa)
Vietnamese: thực, tự
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