食祿

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	good fortune; official salary
trad. (食祿)		食	祿
simp. (食禄)		食	禄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shílù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ luk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍t-luk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-lo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shílù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhlù
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-lu⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrluh
    • Palladius: шилу (šilu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ luk⁶
    • Yale: sihk luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² lʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t-luk
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid lug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁶ lug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵ luk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqlok
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴/

Verb

食祿

1. to receive a salary as an official; to be in public service

Noun

食祿

1. (Hakka, Hokkien) the luck to get something nice to eat; happy knack for chancing upon fine food; gourmet's luck

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 口福 (“the luck to get something nice to eat; happy knack for chancing upon fine food; gourmet's luck”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口福
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	口福
	Singapore	口福
Cantonese	Guangzhou	食福, 食神
	Hong Kong	口福, 食神
Gan	Nanchang	口福
Hakka	Meixian	食祿
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食祿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食祿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食祿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食祿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食祿
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	食福
Huizhou	Jixi	口福
Southern Min	Xiamen	食福
	Quanzhou	食福
	Zhangzhou	食福
	Tainan	食福
	Longyan	食福
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	口福