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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâm-si̍t / chhân-si̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cánshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cánshíh
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-shih²
  - Yale: tsán-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnshyr
  - Palladius: цаньши (canʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam⁴ sik⁶
  - Yale: chàahm sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴ sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴ xig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (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/

Middle Chinese: dzom zyik

Rime
Character	蠶	食
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	昨含切	乗力切
Baxter	dzom	zyik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zʌm/	/ʑɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zəm/	/ʑɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɒm/	/ʑiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zəm/	/ʑik̚/
Li Rong	/d͡zᴀm/	/d͡ʑiək̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zɒm/	/d͡ʑĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱăm/	/d͡ʑʰi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cán	shí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caam⁴	sik⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[dz]ˤ[ə]m mə-lək/

(Zhengzhang): /*zluːm ɦljɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蠶	食
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cán	shí
Middle Chinese	‹ dzom ›	‹ zyik ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[dz]ˁ[ə]m/	/*mə-lək/
English	silkworm	eat
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠶	食
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	6702	11477
Phonetic component	兓	食
Rime group	侵	職
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	蠶
Old Chinese	/*zluːm/	/*ɦljɯɡ/

Verb

蠶食

(literary) to encroach upon; to eat away; to nibble away at
- 2024, 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (lyrics and music), “無答案 [Nocture]”‎performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:
  
  幽房釋出的光猶如被蠶食過 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  幽房释出的光犹如被蚕食过 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  jau¹ fong^4-2 sik¹ ceot¹ dik¹ gwong¹ jau⁴ jyu⁴ bei⁶ caam⁴ sik⁶ gwo³ [Jyutping]
  The light emitting out of the secluded room seems as if it were nibbled away

Derived terms

蠶食鯨吞／蚕食鲸吞 (cánshíjīngtūn)

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