主食

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (主食)		主	食
simp. #(主食)		主	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² sik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-si̍t
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsy-zeq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chu³-shih²
    • Yale: jǔ-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juushyr
    • Palladius: чжуши (čžuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyu² sik⁶
    • Yale: jyú sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju² xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ sɪk̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 主食 煮食

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwsit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsy-zeq
    • MiniDict: tsy^去 zeh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr-zeq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ zəʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

主食

1. staple food

   中國南方一般以大米為主食。 [MSC, trad.]
   中国南方一般以大米为主食。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhōngguó nánfāng yībān yǐ dàmǐ wéi zhǔshí. [Pinyin]

   Southern Chinese usually eat rice as a staple food.

Antonyms

• 副食 (fùshí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	食
しゅ Grade: 3	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅしょく [shùshókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

主(しゅ)食(しょく) • (shushoku) 

1. staple food

Antonyms

• 副(ふく)食(しょく) (fukushoku)

See also

• 主(しゅ)食(しょく)物(ぶつ) (shushokubutsu)