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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕˊ

• 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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-shih²
    • Yale: jyǎn-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanshyr
    • Palladius: цзяньши (czjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• 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` siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian<sup>3</sup> sid<sup>6</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯en³¹ sɨt̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kián-sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: gian` 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
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóiⁿ tsia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kõĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siaʔ⁴/

Adjective

揀食

1. picky about what one eats

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

See also

• 挑食 (tiāoshí)
• 偏食 (piānshí)
• (Cantonese, Teochew) 擇食／择食
• (Jin) 偏吃, 食細／食细
• (Hokkien) 喙白