乞食

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Chinese

beg
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
trad. (乞食)
simp. #(乞食)

Pronunciation


Note: kêg4 ziah8 - Jieyang.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: kieg4 jia6
      • Sinological IPA: /kʰiek̚⁵ t͡sia³³/

Verb

乞⫽食 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. (literary or Cantonese) to beg for food

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Noun

乞食

  1. (dialectal Hakka, Min) beggar

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Japanese

 乞食 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
じき
Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Shift from kotsujiki below.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(じき) (kojikiこじき (koziki)?

  1. (derogatory) beggar
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Idioms

Verb

()(じき)する (kojiki suruこじき (koziki)?intransitive suru (stem ()(じき) (kojiki shi), past ()(じき)した (kojiki shita))

  1. to go begging
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
こつ
Grade: S
じき
Grade: 2
kan'yōon goon

Pronunciation

Noun

(こつ)(じき) (kotsujikiこつじき (kotuziki)?

  1. (archaic) religious mendicancy
    Synonyms: 托鉢 (takuhatsu), 頭陀 (zuda), 行乞 (gyōkotsu)
  2. (archaic) Same as こじき above.
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Verb

(こつ)(じき)する (kotsujiki suruこつじき (kotuziki)?intransitive suru (stem (こつ)(じき) (kotsujiki shi), past (こつ)(じき)した (kotsujiki shita))

  1. (archaic) to beg as a religious mendicant
    Synonym: 托鉢する (takuhatsu suru)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
かたい
Grade: S Grade: 2
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 乞食 – see the following entry.
乞丐かたい
beggar
(derogatory) idiot, fool
(archaic) leprosy
(archaic) leper
Alternative spelling
傍居
(This term, 乞食, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

乞食 (geolsik) (hangeul 걸식)

  1. hanja form? of 걸식