好食

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (好食)		好	食
simp. #(好食)		好	食
alternative forms		好呷 Min Nan 齁呷 Taiwanese Mandarin respelling 齁甲 Taiwanese Mandarin respelling

Pronunciation 1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² sik⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hó-sṳ̍t

  (Hailu, HRS): ho^ˊ shid^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): hō̤-siăh^→siĕh
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ho³ siah⁷ / ho³ sia²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hó-chia̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho² ziah⁸

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² sik⁶
    • Yale: hóu sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ sɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ sɨt̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˊ shid^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ho²⁴⁻³³ ʃit²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hō̤-siăh^→siĕh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lieʔ⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ siah⁷ [Phonetic: ho⁵ liah⁷]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heô-sia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(ɬ-)liæʔ⁴/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ sia² [Phonetic: ho¹ lia²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho³³²⁻⁵⁵ ^(ɬ-)lia²⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ siah⁷ [Phonetic: ho⁵ siah⁷]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heô-sia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ɬiæʔ⁴/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ho³ sia² [Phonetic: ho¹ sia²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho³³²⁻⁵⁵ ɬia²⁴/

Note:

• assimilated - delicious;
• unassimilated - other meanings.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hó-tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoyciah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho² ziah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó tsia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siaʔ⁴/

Adjective

好食

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Waxiang) delicious; delectable; tasty; scrumptious; yummy

   嗰間餐廳嘅菜好好食㗎！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   嗰间餐厅嘅菜好好食㗎！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   go² gaan¹ caan¹ teng¹ ge³ coi³ hou² hou² sik⁶ gaa²! [Jyutping]

   The food at that restaurant is excellent!

2. (Puxian Min) easy to eat without much effort

Synonyms

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• 可口 (kěkǒu)
• 好吃
• 好味 (hou² mei⁶) (Cantonese)
• 好饁 / 好馌 (hǎu-iè) (Northern Min)
• 惹味 (je⁵ mei⁶) (Cantonese)
• 有味 (yǒuwèi)
• 美味 (měiwèi)

Noun

好食

1. (Puxian Min) delicious food

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ sik⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hau-sṳ̍t

  (Hailu, HRS): hau^ˇ shid^ˋ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hor⁴ siah⁷ / hor⁴ sia²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): haon³ ziah⁸

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou³ sik⁶
    • Yale: hou sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou³ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ sɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hau-sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: hau siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hau⁴ sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /hau̯⁵⁵ sɨt̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hau^ˇ shid^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /hau¹¹ ʃit²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hor⁴ siah⁷ [Phonetic: hor¹ liah⁷]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ho̤̍-sia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(ɬ-)liæʔ⁴/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hor⁴ sia² [Phonetic: hor¹ sia²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ɬia²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: haon³ ziah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hàuⁿ tsia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hãũ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡siaʔ⁴/

Adjective

好食

1. (Cantonese, Teochew, Hakka, Puxian Min) fond of eating; gluttonous

Synonyms

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• 上合合 (Hakka)
• 喙斗㾀 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 嘴饞 / 嘴馋 (zuǐchán)
• 圖食 / 图食 (Hakka)
• 好吃 (hàochī)
• 枵荒 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 枵饞 / 枵馋 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 枵鬼 (Hokkien)
• 為食 / 为食 (wai⁶ sik⁶) (Cantonese)
• 豺食 (Hakka)
• 貪吃 / 贪吃 (tānchī)
• 貪嘴 / 贪嘴 (tānzuǐ)
• 貪食 / 贪食 (taam¹ sik⁶) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 貪饞 / 贪馋 (tānchán)
• 重食 (Hokkien)
• 饞嘴 / 馋嘴 (chánzuǐ)
• 饞食 / 馋食 (Taiwanese Hokkien)

Derived terms

• 好食懶做 / 好食懒做
• 好食懶飛 / 好食懒飞

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “好食”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, pages 269, 270, 272.