大食
Chinese
Etymology 1
phonetic | |||
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trad. (大食) | 大 | 食 | |
simp. #(大食) | 大 | 食 |
Borrowed from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (Tāčīk, Tāzīg). Doublet of 塔吉克 (Tǎjíkè). Cognate with English Tajik.
Pronunciation
Etymology 2
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed | ||
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trad. (大食) | 大 | 食 | |
simp. #(大食) | 大 | 食 |
Pronunciation 1
Adjective
大食
- (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min) having a large appetite; being a big eater
- (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, of a tool, e.g. a knife) penetrating deeper or more frequently
Pronunciation 2
Descendants
References
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “大食”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary], volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 430
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