Chinese Word Entry

打食

Mandarin (Zhuyin):	ㄉㄚˇ ㄕˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin):	dǎ shí
Cantonese (Jyutping):	daa2 sik6
Definitions:	to go in search of food (of animals) to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets

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Chinese characters used in this word

打	strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen, beat, fight, attack

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄉㄚˇ (dǎ), ㄉㄚˊ (dá)
Cantonese:	daa2
Japanese:	ダ (da)、ダース (da-su)、テイ (tei) / う.つ (utsu)、う.ち- (uchi-)、ぶ.つ (butsu)、だうす (dausu)、うち (uchi)
Korean:	타 (ta), 정 (jeong)
Vietnamese:	đả

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