to eat/food/animal feed/eclipse/to take something (such as medicine / drugs)/to smoke (cigarettes / cigars etc)/to suffer/to consume/to expend/to rely on something for a living/to take advantage of a situation to do something/to subjugate/to capture/to take over/to devour/to defeat/to have sex with/to cheat/to frame someone/to receive something negative/KangXi radical 184
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
動詞
將一啲嘢擺入口到咬，然後經食道吞入肚裏面 to eat
食飯
食饭
sik6 faan6 to have a meal
食晏
食晏
sik6 aan3 to have lunch
我未食過臭豆腐，好想試下。
我未食过臭豆腐，好想试下。
ngo5 mei6 sik6 gwo3 cau3 dau6 fu6, hou2 soeng2 si3 haa5. I've never eaten stinky tofu. I really want to give it a try.
動詞
服用藥物 to take (medicine)
你食咗藥未？
你食咗药未？
nei5 sik6 zo2 joek6 mei6? 你吃了藥沒？
動詞
經氣管或者其他方法吸入或注入身體 to inhale, inject, or otherwise absorb into the body
食煙
食烟
sik6 jin1 to smoke (cigarettes)
食白粉
食白粉
sik6 baak6 fan2 to shoot heroin
動詞
承受痛苦 to suffer; to be on the receiving end of bad things
我食咗佢好多拳。
我食咗佢好多拳。
ngo5 sik6 zo2 keoi5 hou2 do1 kyun4. I took a lot of punches from him.
業主又要加租，小商户冇議價能力，唯有硬食。
业主又要加租，小商户冇议价能力，唯有硬食。
jip6 zyu2 jau6 jiu3 gaa1 zou1, siu2 soeng1 wu6 mou5 ji5 gaa3 nang4 lik6, wai4 jau5 ngaang6 sik6. The landlord is increasing the rent again. With no bargaining power, the tenants have no choice but to accept it.
動詞
消耗、耗用 to consume, to expend
呢隻app好食電呀。
呢只app好食电呀。
ni1 zek3 ep1 hou2 sik6 din6 aa3. This app consumes a lot of power.
食晒我啲時間！
食晒我啲时间！
sik6 saai3 ngo5 di1 si4 gaan3! It's taking up all my time!
動詞
征服、吞併、控制、抽取 to conquer; to embrace, extend and extinguish; to control; to extract something from
呢個明星恃住自己有錢又靚仔，食咗好多條女。
呢个明星恃住自己有钱又靓仔，食咗好多条女。
ni1 go3 ming4 sing1 ci5 zyu6 zi6 gei2 jau5 cin2 jau6 leng3 zai2, sik6 zo2 hou2 do1 tiu4 neoi2. Using his wealth and good looks, this pop star slept with a lot of girls.
佢捉棋好叻，一開始就食咗我幾隻棋。
佢捉棋好叻，一开始就食咗我几只棋。
keoi5 zuk1 kei2 hou2 lek1, jat1 hoi1 ci2 zau6 sik6 zo2 ngo5 gei2 zek3 kei2. She is so good at chess that a few of my pieces were captured at the very beginning.
佢俾佢女友食住晒，冇咩權話事。
佢俾佢女友食住晒，冇咩权话事。
keoi5 bei2 keoi5 neoi5 jau5 sik6 zyu6 saai3, mou5 me1 kyun4 waa6 si6. He is dominated by his girlfriend, and doesn't really have any say at all.
保險佬食好多佣，小心俾佢哋呃。
保险佬食好多佣，小心俾佢哋呃。
bou2 him2 lou2 sik6 hou2 do1 jung2, siu2 sam1 bei2 keoi5 dei6 aak1. The insurance salesmen extract large commissions, beware of their sales tactics.
動詞
賴以謀生 to rely upon for a living
食自己
食自己
sik6 zi6 gei2 to rely on oneself for a living
食腦
食脑
sik6 nou5 to use one's brain to earn a living
動詞
借勢、乘勢、趁機 to take advantage of a situation
食住上
食住上
sik6 zyu6 soeng5 to take advantage of a situation to further one's own interests
史叔近排好紅，唔知佢會唔會食住個勢，出多幾本書呢？
史叔近排好红，唔知佢会唔会食住个势，出多几本书呢？
si2 suk1 gan6 paai2 hou2 hung4, m4 zi1 keoi5 wui5 m4 wui5 sik6 zyu6 go3 sai3, ceot1 do1 gei2 bun2 syu1 ne1? Uncle Si has become very popular. Will he take advantage of the situation, and publish a few more books?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character, Hakka
to eat; to have a meal; to take in
你食咗饭未呀？
你食咗饭未呀？
nei5 sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa3? Have you eaten yet?
中国人系揸筷子食饭嘅。
中国人系揸筷子食饭嘅。
zung1 gwok3 jan4 hai6 zaa1 faai3 zi2 sik6 faan6 ge3. Chinese people use chopsticks to eat with.
character, obsolete
meal; food
character, Cantonese, Hakka, dialectal
to drink
character, Cantonese
to capture
玩盲棋嘅时候，车可以食马、炮、士、象、卒。
玩盲棋嘅时候，车可以食马、炮、士、象、卒。
waan2 maang4 kei2 ge3 si4 hau6, geoi1 ho2 ji5 sik6 maa5, paau3, si6, zoeng6, zeot1. When playing blind chess, a rook can capture knights, cannons, advisors, bishops or pawns.
character, Cantonese, figuratively
to receive; to accept; to absorb
硬食
硬食
― ngaang6 sik6 X
character, obsolete
edible
character, Cantonese, Hakka, Min
to smoke
食煙
食烟
sik6 jin1 to smoke (cigarettes)
character, Coastal-Min
to eat; to have a meal
character, Hokkien
to chow
character, Coastal-Min
to take in; to inhale
character, Coastal-Min
to drink
character, Hokkien, Malaysia, Singapore
to embezzle (money)
character, Penang-Hokkien, Teochew
cuisine
character, Inland-Min
to eat
Definitions (Unihan)
eat
meal
food
Kangxi radical 184
Cangjie Input
OIAV
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
吃
Definitions (HSK3.0)
HSK3 二级汉字表 #185
HSK3 中等手写字表 #256
食 [－]
Jyutping
sik6
Pinyin
sì
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to feed (a person or animal)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character, obsolete
Original form of 飼／饲 (sì, “to feed; to make ... eat or cause ... to eat”).
食 [－]
Jyutping
ji6
Pinyin
shí
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to eat
food
animal feed
eclipse
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
used in names of people
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
看见新鲜龙虾，我有了食欲。
看見新鮮龍蝦，我有了食慾。
kàn jiàn xīn xiān lóng xiā ， wǒ yǒu le shí yù 。
The sight of fresh lobster gave me an appetite.
Seeing the fresh lobster made me hungry.
Mandarin
这些食物看起来很好吃。
這些食物看起來很好吃。
zhè xiē shí wù kàn qǐ lai hěn hǎo chī 。
The food seems very delicious.
The food looks very delicious.
Mandarin
由于农业的发展，食品全球产量能够跟上人口的增长，但只是牺牲了将来。
由於農業的發展，食品全球產量能夠跟上人口的增長，但只是犧牲了將來。
yóu yú nóng yè de fā zhǎn ， shí pǐn quán qiú chǎn liàng néng gòu gēn shàng rén kǒu de zēng zhǎng ， dàn zhǐ shì xī shēng le jiāng lái 。
Thanks to the development of agricultural science, world food production has managed to keep up with population growth - but only at the expense of the future.
Mandarin
50年代，芬兰人被认为是世界上饮食最不健康的例子。
50年代，芬蘭人被認為是世界上飲食最不健康的例子。
50 nián dài ， fēn lán rén bèi rèn wéi shì shì jiè shàng yǐn shí zuì bù jiàn kāng de lì zi 。
In the 1950's, the Finns were cited as having one of the least healthy diets in the world.
Mandarin
你怎么在太空里找到食物？
你怎麼在太空裏找到食物？
nǐ zěn me zài tài kōng lǐ zhǎo dào shí wù ？