討食

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Chinese

ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand
ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
trad. (討食) 討 食
simp. (讨食) 讨 食

Pronunciation

Verb

討食

  1. (Southern Min, Eastern Min, Hakka) to beg for food
  2. (Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) to make a living

Synonyms

  • (to beg for food):
Dialectal synonyms of 要飯 (“to beg for food”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 乞食
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 討飯, 要飯
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 要飯
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 要飯
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 討米
Cantonese Guangzhou 乞食
Hong Kong 乞食
Taishan 乞米
Kaiping (Chikan) 乞米
Gan Nanchang 討飯
Hakka Meixian 討食
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 乞食, 討食
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 乞食, 討食
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 乞食, 討食
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 乞食, 討食
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 乞食, 討食
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 乞食, 討食
Huizhou Jixi 討飯
Eastern Min Fuzhou 討食
Southern Min Xiamen 討食
Quanzhou 討食
Zhangzhou 討食
Jieyang 討食
Leizhou 討米
Wu Shanghai 討飯
Wenzhou 討飯, 搝米
Jinhua 討飯
Xiang Changsha 討米
Loudi 討米

References

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