對食

Chinese

		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (對食)		對	食
simp. (对食)		对	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duìshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duìshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèishíh
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴-shih²
    • Yale: dwèi-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyshyr
    • Palladius: дуйши (dujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deoi³ sik⁶
    • Yale: deui sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ sɪk̚²/

Verb

對食

1. (literary) to be in front of food
2. (literary) to eat together; to have a meal together
3. (literary, historical, between palace maids or between a palace maid and a eunuch) to love each other; to be in a marriage-like relationship