吃葷

See also: 吃荤

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	meat dish
trad. (吃葷)		吃	葷
simp. (吃荤)		吃	荤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīhūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄏㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīhūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihhun
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-hun¹
    • Yale: chr̄-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhuen
    • Palladius: чихунь (čixunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ fan¹
    • Yale: hek fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ fɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

吃葷

1. to eat meat; to be a meat eater

Synonyms

• 茹葷／茹荤 (rúhūn)
• (Hokkien) 食臊
• (Leizhou Min) 食雜／食杂

Antonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吃素 (“to be a vegetarian; to eat vegetarian food”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吃素, 吃齋, 茹素
Mandarin	Taiwan	吃素
	Xi'an	吃素
	Wuhan	吃素, 吃齋
	Nanjing	吃齋
	Singapore	吃素
Cantonese	Guangzhou	食齋
	Hong Kong	食齋, 食素
	Singapore (Guangfu)	食齋
Hakka	Meixian	食齋, 食素
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食齋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食齋
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食齋
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食齋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食齋
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	食菜
Jin	Taiyuan	吃素
Northern Min	Jian'ou	饁齋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	食菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	食菜
	Quanzhou	食菜
	Jinjiang	食菜
	Zhangzhou	食菜
	Taipei	食菜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	食菜
	Kaohsiung	食菜
	Yilan	食素, 食菜
	Changhua (Lukang)	食菜
	Taichung	食菜
	Tainan	食素, 食菜
	Hsinchu	食菜, 食素
	Kinmen	食菜
	Penghu (Magong)	食菜
	Penang (Hokkien)	食菜, 食齋
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食齋
	Manila (Hokkien)	食菜
	Jieyang	食齋
	Leizhou	食齋, 食澈
	Haikou	食齋
Wu	Wenzhou	吃素
Xiang	Loudi	吃齋