食神

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (食神)		食	神
simp. #(食神)		食	神

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ san⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ san⁴
    • Yale: sihk sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² sɐn²¹/

Noun

食神

1. (Cantonese) the luck to get something nice to eat; happy knack for chancing upon fine food; gourmet's luck

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 口福 (“the luck to get something nice to eat; happy knack for chancing upon fine food; gourmet's luck”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口福
Mandarin	Taiwan	口福
	Singapore	口福
Cantonese	Guangzhou	食福, 食神
	Hong Kong	口福, 食神
Gan	Nanchang	口福
Hakka	Meixian	食祿
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食祿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食祿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食祿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食祿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食祿
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	食福
Huizhou	Jixi	口福
Southern Min	Xiamen	食福
	Quanzhou	食福
	Zhangzhou	食福
	Tainan	食福
	Longyan	食福
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	口福