食福
Chinese
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (食福) | 食 | 福 | |
| simp. #(食福) | 食 | 福 | |
| anagram | 福食 | ||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: sik6 fuk1
- Yale: sihk fūk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik9 fuk7
- Guangdong Romanization: xig6 fug1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚² fʊk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t-fuk
- Hakka Romanization System: siid fugˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sid6 fug5
- Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵ fuk̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: shidˋ fug
- Sinological IPA: /ʃit² fuk⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-hok
- Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-hok
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqhog
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔk̚³²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔk̚³²/
- IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔk̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǎ-hok
- Tâi-lô: tsǎ-hok
- IPA (Longyan): /t͡sa⁵³⁻¹¹ hok̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Noun
食福
- (Cantonese, Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) the luck to get something nice to eat; happy knack for chancing upon fine food; gourmet's luck
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 口福 (“the luck to get something nice to eat; happy knack for chancing upon fine food; gourmet's luck”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 口福 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 口福 |
| Singapore | 口福 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 食福, 食神 |
| Hong Kong | 口福, 食神 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 口福 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食祿 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食祿 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 食祿 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 食祿 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 食祿 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 食祿 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 食福 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 口福 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 食福 |
| Quanzhou | 食福 | |
| Zhangzhou | 食福 | |
| Tainan | 食福 | |
| Longyan | 食福 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 口福 |
Verb
食福
- (Taiwanese Hakka) to partake in a communal blessed meal; to share food offerings after a religious ceremony
References
- “Entry #21006”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.