寢食

Chinese

		lie down	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (寢食)		寢	食
simp. (寝食)		寝	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐnshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam² sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐnshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐnshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin³-shih²
    • Yale: chǐn-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiinshyr
    • Palladius: циньши (cinʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam² sik⁶
    • Yale: chám sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam² sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem² xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm³⁵ sɪk̚²/

Noun

寢食

1. (literally) resting and eating; (in general) daily life; daily activities

Derived terms

• 寢食不安／寝食不安 (qǐnshíbù'ān)
• 寢食俱廢／寝食俱废
• 寢食難安／寝食难安 (qǐnshínán'ān)