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Chinese
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choose; pick up
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eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
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trad. (揀食)
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揀
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食
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simp. (拣食)
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拣
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食
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Pronunciation
Note: gain2 ziah8 - Jieyang.
Adjective
揀食
- picky about what one eats
- 佢好揀食。/佢好拣食。 [Cantonese] ― keoi5 hou2 gaan2 sik6. ― They're a picky eater.
See also
- 挑食 (tiāoshí)
- 偏食 (piānshí)
- (Cantonese, Teochew) 擇食/择食
- (Jin) 偏吃, 食細/食细
- (Hokkien) 喙白