小食

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Chinese

small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
trad. (小食)
simp. #(小食)
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Note:
  • siou2 ziah8 - Chaozhou;
  • siao2 ziah8 - Shantou.

Noun

小食

  1. (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien) snack; refreshment
  2. (Teochew) street food

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Adjective

小食

  1. (Southern Min) eating little; eating like a bird

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1
しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
少食

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょう)(しょく) (shōshokuせうしよく (seusyoku)?

  1. eating in small portions

Verb

(しょう)(しょく)する (shōshoku suruせうしよく (seusyoku)?suru (stem (しょう)(しょく) (shōshoku shi), past (しょう)(しょく)した (shōshoku shita))

  1. to eat in small portions

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN