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美食

美食

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
simp. and trad. (美食)		美	食

Noun

美食

delicious food

Derived terms

美食家

美食街 (měishíjiē)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): měishí

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ sik⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-sṳ̍t
Min Nan (POJ): bí-si̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: měishí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeishyr
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ sik⁶
  - Yale: méih sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ sik⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ sɪk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-sṳ̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi´ siid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ sid⁶
  - IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: bí-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bysit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕit̚⁴/