食堂

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	(main) hall; large room
trad. (食堂)		食	堂
simp. #(食堂)		食	堂
anagram		堂食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shítáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ tong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍t-thòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-tn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sig⁸ deng⁵ / ziah⁸ deng⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸zeq-daon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shítáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhtáng
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-tʻang²
    • Yale: shŕ-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtarng
    • Palladius: шитан (šitan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 食堂 食糖

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ tong⁴
    • Yale: sihk tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² tʰɔːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 食堂 食糖

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t-thòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid tongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁶ tong²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵ tʰoŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sidd'ngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚⁴⁻³² tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sit̚⁴⁻³² tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚⁴⁻³² tŋ̍²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sig⁸ deng⁵ / ziah⁸ deng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si̍k tṳ̂ng / tsia̍h tṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sik̚⁴⁻² tɯŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² tɯŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq-daon
    • MiniDict: zeh^入 daon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-daan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ dɑ̃²³/

Noun

食堂

1. cafeteria; canteen; dining hall; dining room

   昨天學生在食堂裡打起架來了。 [MSC, trad.]
   昨天学生在食堂里打起架来了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuótiān xuéshēng zài shítáng lǐ dǎ qǐ jià lái le. [Pinyin]

   The students got into a fight in the canteen yesterday.

2. restaurant

Synonyms

• (cafeteria):

• 飯堂／饭堂 (faan⁶ tong⁴) (Cantonese)
• 飯廳／饭厅 (fàntīng)
• 餐廳／餐厅 (cāntīng)

 

• (restaurant):

• 菜館／菜馆 (càiguǎn) (colloquial)
• 菜館子／菜馆子 (càiguǎnzi) (colloquial)
• 酒家 (jiǔjiā)
• 酒樓／酒楼 (jiǔlóu)
• 食肆 (sik⁶ si³) (Cantonese)
• 飯店／饭店 (fàndiàn)
• 飯店仔／饭店仔 (Hokkien)
• 飯莊／饭庄 (fànzhuāng)
• 飯鋪／饭铺 (fànpù)
• 飯館／饭馆 (fànguǎn)
• 餐廳／餐厅 (cāntīng)
• 餐館／餐馆 (cānguǎn)
• 館子／馆子 (guǎnzi) (colloquial)

 

Derived terms

• 吃食堂 (chī shítáng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (食堂):

• → Japanese: 食(しょく)堂(どう) (shokudō)
• → Korean: 식당(食堂) (sikdang, “restaurant”)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
食	堂
しょく Grade: 2	どう Grade: 5
kan’on	goon

/d͡ʑikidoː/ → /ɕokudoː/

Shift from older reading jikidō (“refectory in a Buddhist temple”). In the Meiji period, the pronunciation shifted to using the kan'on reading of shoku for 食 as the sense expanded to indicate dining facilities in a dormitory, and from there, to any larger room for serving or selling food to multiple people.

First attested in 1903.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょくどー [shòkúdóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝdo̞ː]

Noun

食(しょく)堂(どう) • (shokudō) ^{←しよくだう (syokudau)?}

1. [from 1903] a room, hall, or building where food is served or sold: a cafeteria, canteen, buffet, dining room, dining hall, eatery, restaurant, refectory

   社員(しゃいん)食堂(しょくどう)

   shain shokudō

   staff cafeteria

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
食	堂
じき Grade: 2	どう Grade: 5
goon

/d͡ʑikidau/ → /d͡ʑikidɔː/ → /d͡ʑikidoː/

From Middle Chinese 食堂 (MC zyik dang). First attested in 747.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じきどー [jìkídóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑikʲido̞ː]

Noun

食(じき)堂(どう) • (jikidō) ^{←じきだう (zikidau)?}

1. [from 747] (Buddhism) refectory in a Buddhist temple

See also

• Thesaurus:レストラン

Korean

Hanja in this term
食	堂

Noun

食堂 • (sikdang) (hangeul 식당)

1. Hanja form^? of 식당 (“restaurant”).