耳食

Chinese

		ear	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
simp. and trad. (耳食)		耳	食
Literally: “to eat/digest with one's ears”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ěrshí

(Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ sik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ěrshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelshy
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ sik⁶
  - Yale: yíh sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ xig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ sɪk̚²/

Verb

耳食

(literary, figuratively) to believe all that one hears; to give ready credence to rumours

Derived terms

耳食不化
耳食之徒
耳食之聞／耳食之闻
耳食之言

耳食之談／耳食之谈
耳食之論／耳食之论
耳食目論／耳食目论
道聽耳食／道听耳食

Noun

耳食

(literary, figuratively) rumours; hearsay

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