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食
Mandarin: shi2
Definitions
  1. 1 to feed
  2. 2 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
食
to eat (Cantonese)
Words containing 食
食自己
on one's own
食咗饭未呀
have you eaten yet? (a common way of greeting a friend instead of saying "How ar
食粥食飯
could be good or could be bad (lit., "whether we eat porridge or rice...")
食屎
eat shit; piss off
食腦
smart (spoken)
食軟飯
describes the situation where a man who doesn't work hard in life takes the easy
識食
know a lot about food
金食
to commit suicide by eating gold [written and colloquial]
乞兒兜度嗱飯食
literally: grabbing rice from a beggar's bowl to eat; to bully and exploit disad
食皇家飯
to be jailed (slang)
黐飲黐食
to sponge food off others, to eat and drink on others expenses
食詐糊
to announce good news by mistake, often used while playing majong when a person
食沙
to eat
食碗面，反碗底
to return one's kindess with ingratitude and betrayal
食糊
term used while playing majong where the moment a person manages to get the righ
當食生菜
giving promise easily (slang)
殺食
effective; to serve the purpose; works well against something
大食會
a big eating party; a feast
貪威識食
likes to show off and spend money (slang)
食滯咗
eat too much; to be too full
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