偏食

Chinese

		one-sided; to lean; to slant one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (偏食)		偏	食
simp. #(偏食)		偏	食
alternative forms		偏蝕／偏蚀 astronomy

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piānshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹ sik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phian-si̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piānshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pianshíh
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-shih²
    • Yale: pyān-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianshyr
    • Palladius: пяньши (pjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin¹ sik⁶
    • Yale: pīn sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin¹ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: phian-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiensit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn³³ sit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sit̚⁴/

Verb

偏食

1. to have a craving for certain types of food; to be a picky eater

See also

• 挑食 (tiāoshí)
• 揀食／拣食 (jiǎnshí)
• 揀飲擇食／拣饮择食
• (Min Nan) 喙白

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 偏食

1. (astronomy) partial eclipse

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
偏	食
へん Grade: S	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 偏(へん) (hen, “inclined to one side”) + 食(しょく) (shoku, “eating”).

Noun

偏(へん)食(しょく) • (henshoku) 

1. picky eating

Verb

偏(へん)食(しょく)する • (henshoku suru) suru (stem 偏(へん)食(しょく)し (henshoku shi), past 偏(へん)食(しょく)した (henshoku shita))

1. to eat with picky

Conjugation

Conjugation of "偏食する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	偏食し	へんしょくし	henshoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	偏食し	へんしょくし	henshoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	偏食する	へんしょくする	henshoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	偏食する	へんしょくする	henshoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	偏食すれ	へんしょくすれ	henshoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	偏食せよ¹ 偏食しろ²	へんしょくせよ¹ へんしょくしろ²	henshoku seyo¹ henshoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	偏食される	へんしょくされる	henshoku sareru
Causative	偏食させる 偏食さす	へんしょくさせる へんしょくさす	henshoku saseru henshoku sasu
Potential	偏食できる	へんしょくできる	henshoku dekiru
Volitional	偏食しよう	へんしょくしよう	henshoku shiyō
Negative	偏食しない	へんしょくしない	henshoku shinai
Negative continuative	偏食せず	へんしょくせず	henshoku sezu
Formal	偏食します	へんしょくします	henshoku shimasu
Perfective	偏食した	へんしょくした	henshoku shita
Conjunctive	偏食して	へんしょくして	henshoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	偏食すれば	へんしょくすれば	henshoku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative