耳食

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Chinese[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ěrshí

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ěrshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ěrshíh
  - Wade–Giles: êrh³-shih²
  - Yale: ěr-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelshyr
  - Palladius: эрши (erši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ sik⁶
  - Yale: yíh sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ xig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ sɪk̚²/

Verb[edit]

耳食

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

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

耳食

(literary, figurative) rumours; hearsay

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