食鹽

See also: 食盐

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	salt
trad. (食鹽)		食	鹽
simp. (食盐)		食	盐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ jim⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍t-yàm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-iâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhyán
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-yen²
    • Yale: shŕ-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryan
    • Palladius: шиянь (šijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ jim⁴
    • Yale: sihk yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ jim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² jiːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t-yàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid iamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁶ yam²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵ i̯am¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t-yàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid (r)iamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁶ yam²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵ (j)i̯am¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-iâm
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t-iâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sid'iaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚⁴⁻³² iam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² iam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sit̚⁴⁻³² iam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚⁴⁻³² iam²³/

Noun

食鹽

1. table salt

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鹽 (“(table) salt”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鹽, 食鹽
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鹽
	Taiwan	鹽巴, 鹽
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鹽
	Harbin	鹹鹽, 鹽
	Singapore	鹽
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	鹹鹽, 鹽
	Jinan	鹹鹽, 鹽
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鹹鹽
	Qingdao	鹹鹽
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鹽
	Wanrong	鹽
	Zhengzhou	鹽
	Xi'an	鹽
	Xining	鹽
	Xuzhou	鹽
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鹽
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鹽
	Bayanhot	鹹鹽, 鹽
	Lanzhou	鹽
	Ürümqi	鹹鹽
	Ürümqi (Xigou)	鹽, 鹹鹽
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鹽巴, 鹽
	Wuhan	鹽
	Guiyang	鹽巴, 落水消 jargon
	Kunming	鹽巴
	Guilin	鹽
	Liuzhou	鹽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鹽
	Yangzhou	鹽
	Hefei	鹽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鹽, 上味
	Hong Kong	鹽
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鹽, 海沙
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鹽
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鹽
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鹽
	Macau	鹽
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鹽
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鹽
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鹽
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鹽
	Foshan	鹽
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鹽
	Foshan (Shunde)	鹽
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鹽
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鹽
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鹽
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鹽
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	上味
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	上味
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鹽
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	上味
	Taishan	上味
	Kaiping (Chikan)	上味
	Enping (Niujiang)	上味
	Heshan (Yayao)	鹽
	Dongguan	鹽
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鹽
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	鹽
	Qingyuan	鹽
	Fogang	鹽
	Yingde (Hanguang)	生鹽
	Yangshan	鹽
	Lianshan (Butian)	鹽
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	鹽
	Shaoguan	鹽
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鹽
	Renhua	鹽
	Lechang	鹽
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鹽
	Sihui	鹽
	Guangning	鹽
	Deqing	鹽
	Huaiji	鹽
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	鹽
	Yunfu	鹽
	Xinxing	鹽
	Luoding	鹽
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鹽
	Yangjiang	鹽, 鹹
	Xinyi	鹽
	Lianjiang	鹽
	Nanning	鹽
	Wuzhou	鹽
	Yulin	鹽
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鹽
	Beihai	鹽
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	鹽
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	鹽
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	鹽
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鹽
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鹽
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鹽
	Móng Cái	鹽
Yangon (Taishan)	上味
Mandalay (Taishan)	鹽
Gan	Nanchang	鹽
	Lichuan	鹽
	Pingxiang	鹽
Hakka	Meixian	鹽
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鹽
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鹽
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鹽
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	鹽
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	鹽
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鹽
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鹽
	Yudu	鹽
	Taoyuan	鹽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鹽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鹽
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鹽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鹽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鹽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鹽
	Hong Kong	鹽
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	鹽
	Senai (Huiyang)	鹽
	Singkawang	鹽
Huizhou	Jixi	鹽
	Shexian	鹹鹽, 海沙
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	鹽
Jin	Taiyuan	鹹鹽, 鹽
	Pingyao	鹹鹽, 鹽
	Xinzhou	鹹鹽, 鹽
	Linhe	鹹鹽
	Hohhot	鹹鹽
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鹽
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	鹽
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	鹽
	Pucheng (Shibei)	鹽
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鹽
	Fuqing	鹽
	Matsu	鹽
Southern Min	Xiamen	鹽
	Quanzhou	鹽
	Zhangzhou	鹽
	Taipei	鹽
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鹽
	Kinmen	鹽
	Penghu (Magong)	鹽
	Penang (Hokkien)	鹽
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鹽
	Manila (Hokkien)	鹽
	Zhangping	鹽
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鹽
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鹽
	Chaozhou	鹽
	Shantou	鹽
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	鹽
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鹽
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鹽
	Singapore (Teochew)	鹽
	Haikou	鹽
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鹽
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鹽
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鹽
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鹽
Shehua	Fu'an	鹽
	Fuding	鹽
	Luoyuan	鹽
	Sanming	鹽
	Shunchang	鹽
	Hua'an	鹽
	Guixi (Zhangping)	鹽
	Cangnan	鹽
	Jingning (Hexi)	鹽
	Lishui	鹽
	Longyou	鹽
	Chaozhou	鹽
	Fengshun	鹽
Wu	Shanghai	鹽
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鹽
	Suzhou	鹽
	Wuxi	鹽
	Danyang	鹽
	Hangzhou	鹽
	Ningbo	鹽
	Wenzhou	鹽
	Jinhua	鹽
Xiang	Changsha	鹽
	Xiangtan	鹽
	Xiangxiang	鹽
	Loudi	鹽
	Shuangfeng	鹽
	Quanzhou	鹽

Hyponyms

• 精鹽／精盐 (jīngyán)

Derived terms

• 加碘食鹽／加碘食盐

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (食鹽):

• → Japanese: 食塩(しょくえん) (shokuen)
• → Korean: 식염(食鹽) (sigyeom)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食	鹽
しょく Grade: 2	えん Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

食(しょく)鹽(えん) • (shokuen) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 食塩