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
| 絕 | 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) |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 绝 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 絶 |
| Semantic variant form: | 絶 |
| 食 | 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 |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 飠 |
