eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer |
really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (吃的) |
吃 | 的 | |
| Literally: “that which you eat”. | |||
吃的
There is no exact equivalent for English food in Chinese. The most generic term for food is 食物 (shíwù). Use 食品 (shípǐn) for food products, 菜餚／菜肴 (càiyáo) for dishes of food, 美食 (měishí) when the taste of the food is emphasised and 吃的 (chīde) in colloquial contexts. For food as in cuisine, consider 菜 (cài) or 料理 (liàolǐ).
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 食物 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 食物 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 吃食, 吃兒 |
| Taiwan | 食物 | |
| Harbin | 食物 | |
| Singapore | 食物 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 食物, 食品 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 吃的 |
| Xi'an | 吃的 | |
| Xining | 吃食 | |
| Xuzhou | 吃食 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 吃的, 吃頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 吃的, 吃貨 |
| Wuhan | 吃食 | |
| Guiyang | 吃的 | |
| Guilin | 吃的 | |
| Liuzhou | 吃的東西, 食物 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嘢食, 食物 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 吃食 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食物 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食物 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 食物 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 食物 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 食物 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 食物 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 食物 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 食品 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 食物 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 食其乇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 食物, 物食, 食食 |
| Quanzhou | 食物, 食食 | |
| Zhangzhou | 食物, 物食, 食食 | |
| Tainan | 食物, 物食 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 食食, 物食 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 食物, 食食 | |
| Leizhou | 物食 | |
| Haikou | 物食 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 食物 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 食物 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吃個物事 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 吃食物事 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 吃個 |