吃的
Chinese
eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer |
really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of | ||
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| simp. and trad. (吃的) |
吃 | 的 | |
| Literally: “that which you eat”. | |||
Pronunciation
Usage notes
There is no exact equivalent for English food in Chinese. The most generic term for food is 食物 (shíwù). Use 食品 (shípǐn) for food products, 菜餚／菜肴 (càiyáo) for dishes of food, 美食 (měishí) when the taste of the food is emphasised and 吃的 (chīde) in colloquial contexts. For food as in cuisine, consider 菜 (cài) or 料理 (liàolǐ).
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 食物 (“food”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 食物 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 食物 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 吃食, 吃兒 |
| Taiwan | 食物 | |
| Harbin | 食物 | |
| Jinan | 食物, 食品 | |
| Wanrong | 吃的 | |
| Xi'an | 吃的 | |
| Yinchuan | 吃的, 吃頭 | |
| Xining | 吃食 | |
| Wuhan | 吃食 | |
| Chengdu | 吃的, 吃貨 | |
| Guiyang | 吃的 | |
| Guilin | 吃的 | |
| Liuzhou | 吃的東西, 食物 | |
| Xuzhou | 吃食 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嘢食, 食物 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 吃食 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食物 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食物 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 食物 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 食物 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 食物 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 食物 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 食物 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 食品 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 食物 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 食其乇 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 食物, 物食, 食食 |
| Quanzhou | 食物, 食食 | |
| Zhangzhou | 食物, 物食, 食食 | |
| Tainan | 食物, 物食 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 食食, 物食 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 食物, 食食 | |
| Leizhou | 物食 | |
| Haikou | 物食 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 食物 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吃個物事 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 吃食物事 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 吃個 |
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