揀食

See also: 拣食

Chinese

		choose; pick up	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (揀食)		揀	食
simp. (拣食)		拣	食

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan² sik⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kién-sṳ̍t / kián-sṳ̍t

(Meixian, Guangdong): gian³ sed⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kéng-chia̍h / kúiⁿ-chia̍h / kán-chia̍h

(Teochew, Peng'im): goin² ziah⁸ / gain² ziah⁸

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaan² sik⁶
  - Yale: gáan sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan² sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gan² xig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵ sɪk̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kién-sṳ̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: gien^ˋ siid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian³ sid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯en³¹ sɨt̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kián-sṳ̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: gian^ˋ siid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian³ sid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯an³¹ sɨt̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gian³ sed⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /kian³¹ sət̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-chia̍h
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-tsia̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefngciah
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúiⁿ-chia̍h
  - Tâi-lô: kuínn-tsia̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvuyciah
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kuĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siaʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-chia̍h
  - Tâi-lô: kán-tsia̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafnciah
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ¹²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: goin² ziah⁸ / gain² ziah⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóiⁿ tsia̍h / káiⁿ tsia̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kõĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siaʔ⁴/, /kãĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siaʔ⁴/

Note: gain2 ziah8 - Jieyang.

Adjective

揀食

picky about what one eats
佢好揀食。／佢好拣食。 [Cantonese] ― keoi⁵ hou² gaan² sik⁶. [Jyutping] ― They're a picky eater.