肉食

Chinese

		meat; flesh	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (肉食)		肉	食
simp. #(肉食)		肉	食
anagram		食肉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ròushí

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ sik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k-si̍t / jio̍k-si̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ròushí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ròushíh
    • Wade–Giles: jou⁴-shih²
    • Yale: ròu-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowshyr
    • Palladius: жоуши (žouši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ sik⁶
    • Yale: yuhk sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liogsit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴⁻² sit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² sit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jio̍k-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: jio̍k-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiogsit
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sit̚¹²¹/

Adjective

肉食

1. (attributive) meat-eating; carnivorous

Derived terms

• 肉食動物／肉食动物 (ròushí dòngwù)
• 肉食者 (ròushízhě)
• 肉食者鄙 (ròushízhěbǐ)

 

See also

• 草食 (cǎoshí)

Noun

肉食

1. meat; meat product
2. (figurative) wealthy person

Synonyms

• (meat): 葷菜／荤菜 (hūncài), (literary) 腥膻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肉	食
にく Grade: 2	じき Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
肉	食
にく Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にくしょく [nìkúshókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟̊ᵝɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

• (Tokyo) にくじき [nìkújíkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝʑikʲi]

Noun

肉(にく)食(しょく) or 肉(にく)食(じき) • (nikushoku or nikujiki) 

1. flesh eating
   • 1999 March 1, “人(ひと)喰(く)い植(しょく)物(ぶつ) [Man-Eating Plant]”, in Booster 1, Konami:

     きれいな花(はな)と思(おも)わせ、近(ちか)づく人(ひと)をパクリと食(た)べる、肉(にく)食(しょく)の花(はな)。

     Kirei na hana to omowase, chikazuku hito o pakuri to taberu, nikushoku no hana.

     A carnivorous flower that swallows whole anyone who dares come near it deceived by its pretty look.