蠶食

See also: 蚕食

Chinese

		silkworm	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (蠶食)		蠶	食
simp. (蚕食)		蚕	食
Literally: “to eat like a silkworm”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cánshí

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴ sik⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chhâm-si̍t / chhân-si̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cánshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnshy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam⁴ sik⁶
  - Yale: chàahm sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴ sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴ xig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːm²¹ sɪk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâm-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tshâm-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhamsit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² ɕit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² ɕit̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tshân-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhansit
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² ɕit̚¹²¹/

Verb

蠶食

(literary) to encroach upon; to eat away; to nibble away at

Derived terms

蠶食鯨吞／蚕食鲸吞 (cánshíjīngtūn)

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