食用

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Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to use
trad. (食用)		食	用
simp. ^#(食用)		食	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sik⁶ jung⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): set⁵ yuung⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-iōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziah⁸ êng⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zeq-yon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhyòng
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-yung⁴
  - Yale: shŕ-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryonq
  - Palladius: шиюн (šijun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    實用／实用
    食用
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ jung⁶
  - Yale: sihk yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² jʊŋ²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: set⁵ yuung⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /set̚³² jɵŋ³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sid'iong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sit̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziah⁸ êng⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍h ēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² eŋ¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zeq-yon
  - MiniDict: zeh^入 yon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-hhion
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ ɦioŋ²³/

Verb

食用

to use as food; to eat
不可食用。 ― Bùkě shíyòng. ― Not for consumption.

請清洗後食用。／请清洗后食用。 ― Qǐng qīngxǐ hòu shíyòng. ― Please wash before eating.

Synonyms

吃 (chī)

Adjective

食用

(attributive) edible
水果的食用部分 ― shuǐguǒ de shíyòng bùfen ― the edible part of a piece of fruit

Synonyms

可吃 (kěchī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食	用
しょく Grade: 2	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょくよー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

食(しょく)用(よう) • (shokuyō)

being edible
something edible

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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