美食

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (美食)		美	食
simp. #(美食)		美	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měishí

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ sik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-sṳ̍t
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bí-si̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mui² ziah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měishí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měishíh
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-shih²
    • Yale: měi-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeishyr
    • Palladius: мэйши (mɛjši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ sik⁶
    • Yale: méih sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ sɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi´ siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bí-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bysit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mui² ziah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi tsia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siaʔ⁴/

Noun

美食

1. delicious food; fine cuisine; scrumptious dishes; culinary delights

Usage notes

There is no exact equivalent for English food in Chinese. The most generic term for food is 食物 (shíwù). Use 食品 (shípǐn) for food products, 菜餚／菜肴 (càiyáo) for dishes of food, 美食 (měishí) when the taste of the food is emphasised and 吃的 (chīde) in colloquial contexts. For food as in cuisine, consider 菜 (cài) or 料理 (liàolǐ).

Synonyms

• 滋味 (zīwèi) (archaic)
• 甘脆 (gāncuì) (literary)
• 美味 (měiwèi)
• 鮮味／鲜味 (xiānwèi)

 

Derived terms

• 美食家 (měishíjiā)
• 美食甘寢／美食甘寝
• 美食街 (měishíjiē)
• 鮮衣美食／鲜衣美食

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	食
び Grade: 3	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びしょく [bìshókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bʲiɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

美(び)食(しょく) • (bishoku) 

1. delicious food; fine cuisine; scrumptious dishes

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 美(び)食(しょく)家(か) (bishokuka)
• 鮮(せん)衣美(いび)食(しょく) (sen'ibishoku)