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Jyutping man4 sik6
Pinyin mín shí

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    food of the people
    • 二是農民運動起後,穀子價廉,去春每擔六元的,去冬只二元,民食問題不如從前那樣嚴重。
      二是农民运动起后,谷子价廉,去春每担六元的,去冬只二元,民食问题不如从前那样严重。
      èr shì nóng mín yùn dòng qǐ hòu , gǔ zi jià lián , qù chūn měi dàn liù yuán de , qù dōng zhǐ èr yuán , mín shí wèn tí bù rú cóng qián nà yàng yán zhòng .
      Second, since the rise of the peasant movement the price of grain has dropped – it was six yuan a picul last spring but only two yuan last winter – and the problem of food has become less serious for the people.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    二是农民运动起后,谷子价廉,去春每担六元的,去冬只二元,民食问题不如从前那样严重。
    二是農民運動起後,穀子價廉,去春每擔六元的,去冬只二元,民食問題不如從前那樣嚴重。
    èr shì nóng mín yùn dòng qǐ hòu , gǔ zi jià lián , qù chūn měi dàn liù yuán de , qù dōng zhǐ èr yuán , mín shí wèn tí bù rú cóng qián nà yàng yán zhòng .
    • Second, since the rise of the peasant movement the price of grain has dropped – it was six yuan a picul last spring but only two yuan last winter – and the problem of food has become less serious for the people.
  2. Mandarin
    南苏丹约400万人流离失所,全国大半人民食不果腹,而冲突各方数次签署的停火协议多数沦为废纸,和平遥遥无期。
    南蘇丹約400萬人流離失所,全國大半人民食不果腹,而衝突各方數次簽署的停火協議多數淪為廢紙,和平遙遙無期。
    nán sū dān yuē 400 wàn rén liú lí shī suǒ , quán guó dà bàn rén mín shí bù guǒ fù , ér chōng tū gè fāng shù cì qiān shǔ de tíng huǒ xié yì duō shù lún wéi fèi zhǐ , hé píng yáo yáo wú qī .
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