細食 [细－]

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Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a small appetite
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    食量​細​，​食好​少​嘢​就​飽
    to not eat much; to eat a little only; with a small appetite
    • 我好細食㗎咋。你陣間食飯唔好嗌咁多呀！
      我好细食㗎咋。你阵间食饭唔好嗌咁多呀！
      ngo5 hou2 sai3 sik6 gaa3 zaa3. nei5 zan6 gaan1 sik6 faan6 m4 hou2 aai3 gam3 do1 aa3!
      I only eat little. You don't have to order a lot later when we have dinner.
  2. 反義詞
    大食
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj, Cantonese, Min-Nan
    eating little; eating like a bird
    (syn.) 小口, 小食
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我好细食㗎咋。你阵间食饭唔好嗌咁多呀！
    我好細食㗎咋。你陣間食飯唔好嗌咁多呀！
    ngo5 hou2 sai3 sik6 gaa3 zaa3. nei5 zan6 gaan1 sik6 faan6 m4 hou2 aai3 gam3 do1 aa3!
    • I only eat little. You don't have to order a lot later when we have dinner.
  2. Cantonese
    呢个新老细食人唔𦧲骨，收购咗我哋间公司之后就即刻炒晒啲佢用唔著嘅人。
    呢個新老細食人唔𦧲骨，收購咗我哋間公司之後就即刻炒晒啲佢用唔著嘅人。
    • The new boss is squeezing out every drop of the profit, immediately firing staffs that are of no use to him after buying out our company.