食堂
Chinese edit
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
(main) hall; large room | ||
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trad. (食堂) | 食 | 堂 | |
simp. #(食堂) | 食 | 堂 | |
anagram | 堂食 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
食堂
Synonyms edit
- (cafeteria):
- (restaurant):
Derived terms edit
- 吃食堂 (chī shítáng)
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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食 | 堂 |
しょく Grade: 2 |
どう Grade: 5 |
kan’on | goon |
/d͡ʑikidoː/ → /ɕokudoː/
Shift from older reading jikidō (“refectory in a Buddhist temple”). In the Meiji period, the pronunciation shifted to using the kan'on reading of shoku for 食 as the sense expanded to indicate dining facilities in a dormitory, and from there, to any larger room for serving or selling food to multiple people.[1]
First attested in 1903.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
食堂 • (shokudō) ←しよくだう (syokudau)?
- [from 1903] a room, hall, or building where food is served or sold: a cafeteria, canteen, buffet, dining room, dining hall, eatery, restaurant, refectory
- 社員食堂
- shain shokudō
- staff cafeteria
- 社員食堂
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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食 | 堂 |
じき Grade: 2 |
どう Grade: 5 |
goon |
/d͡ʑikidau/ → /d͡ʑikidɔː/ → /d͡ʑikidoː/
From Middle Chinese 食堂 (MC zyik dang). First attested in 747.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
食堂 • (jikidō) ←じきだう (zikidau)?
See also edit
References edit
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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食 | 堂 |
Noun edit
- Hanja form? of 식당 (“restaurant”).