捕食

Chinese

to catch; to seize; to capture
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (捕食) 捕 食
simp. #(捕食) 捕 食

Pronunciation


Verb

捕食

  1. to hunt for food
  2. (transitive) to prey on

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
捕 食
ほ
Grade: S
しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほしょく [hòshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

捕(ほ)食(しょく) • (hoshoku) 

  1. predation

Verb

捕(ほ)食(しょく)する • (hoshoku suru) suru (stem 捕(ほ)食(しょく)し (hoshoku shi), past 捕(ほ)食(しょく)した (hoshoku shita))

  1. prey on

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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