乞食

乞食

Chinese

		beg	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
simp. and trad. (乞食)		乞	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat¹ sik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiet-sṳ̍t / khié-sṳ̍t / khiat-sṳ̍t
• Min Dong (BUC): ké̤ṳk-siăh^→siĕh
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khit-chia̍h / khit-chiā

  (Teochew, Peng'im): keg⁴ ziah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǐshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiishy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐshíh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat¹ sik⁶
    • Yale: hāt sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁷ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed¹ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiet-sṳ̍t / khié-sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: kied` siid / kie` siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ sid⁶ / kie³ sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚² sɨt̚⁵/, /kʰi̯e³¹ sɨt̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiat-sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiad` siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯at̚² sɨt̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ké̤ṳk-siăh^→siĕh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyʔ²⁴⁻²¹ sieʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Lukang, Magong, Taichung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit-chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: khit-tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qitciah
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁵⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕiaʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit-chiā
    • Tâi-lô: khit-tsiā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qitcia
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: keg⁴ ziah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳk tsia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɯk̚²⁻⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/

Verb

乞食

1. (literary) to beg for food

Synonyms

• 討飯／讨饭 (tǎofàn)
• 要飯／要饭 (yàofàn)

Derived terms

乞食飯牛／乞食饭牛

忠忠直直，終需乞食／忠忠直直，终需乞食

Noun

乞食

1. (dialectal Hakka, Min) beggar

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乞丐 (“beggar”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		乞人, 乞丐, 乞兒, 丐者, 丐
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乞丐
Mandarin	Beijing	要飯的, 老花子
	Taiwan	乞丐
	Harbin	叫花子, 要飯花子
	Hailar	要飯的
	Ulanhot	要飯的, 要飯花子
	Tongliao	要飯的
	Chifeng	要飯的
	Bayanhot	討吃, 要飯的
	Jinan	要飯的, 叫花子
	Muping	要飯兒的, 叫花子, 要飯的
	Luoyang	叫花子, 要飯吃的, 靠門傍子
	Wanrong	要飯的, 尋饃的
	Xi'an	要飯的, 叫花子
	Zhengzhou	要飯哩
	Xining	尋口, 要饃饃的
	Xuzhou	要飯的
	Yinchuan	討吃
	Lanzhou	要飯的, 要要吃
	Ürümqi	要飯的
	Wuhan	告花子, 花子, 討飯的, 要飯的, 乞丐, 討米的, 睡門樓的
	Huanggang	告殼子
	Chengdu	叫花子, 討口子
	Guiyang	叫化子
	Liuzhou	討飯佬, 叫化子, 叫化
	Kunming	花子
	Yangzhou	花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的, 告花子
	Nanjing	花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的
	Hefei	要飯的, 叫花子
	Nantong	告花子, 討飯子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	抄花子, 討吃, 要乜貼的, 要的吃的
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乞兒
	Hong Kong	乞兒
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	乞兒
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	乞兒, 乞兒佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	攞食佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	攞食佬
	Macau	乞兒
	Panyu	乞兒
	Huadu (Huashan)	乞兒
	Conghua	乞兒
	Zengcheng	乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young
	Foshan	乞兒
	Nanhai (Shatou)	乞兒
	Shunde	乞兒
	Sanshui	乞兒
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	乞兒
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	乞兒
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	乞兒
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	乞兒
	Doumen	乞耳
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	乞兒
	Xinhui	乞兒
	Taishan	乞米仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	乞米仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	乞米仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	乞兒
	Dongguan	乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young
	Bao'an (Shajing)	乞兒
	Dapeng	攞食佬
	Shaoguan	乞兒
	Yunfu	乞兒
	Yangjiang	乞兒, 乞米佬 male, 乞米婆 female
	Xinyi	乞兒
	Lianjiang	乞兒
	Nanning	乞兒
	Hepu	覓吃佬
	Kuala Lumpur	乞兒
	Ho Chi Minh City	乞兒
Gan	Nanchang	告化子, 討飯個
	Lichuan	告化子, 乞兒
	Pingxiang	告化子, 花子, 討米個
Hakka	Meixian	告化仔, 討食個
	Xingning	告化哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	攞食, 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	攞食佬
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	攞食
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	攞食仔
	Huidong (Daling)	攞食
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	乞食佬, 攞食
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	攞食佬
	Boluo (Bendihua)	攞食伊, 攞食佬
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	乞兒
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	酌食哩, 乞丐
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	告化哩, 酌食個, 絡食個
	Wuhua (Changbu)	告化哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	絡食哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	攞食的, 攞食
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	攞食佬
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	告化佬
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	攞食哎
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	告化
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	攞食
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	叫化
	Qujiang	告化子
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	叫化
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	攞食佬
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	狗化公
	Liannan	攞食佬
	Conghua (Lütian)	攞食佬
	Jiexi	乞食
	Luchuan	乞食佬
	Changting	告化子, 告化
	Pingyu	告化
	Wuping	告化
	Ninghua	乞食
	Yudu	告化子
	Ruijin	告化
	Shicheng	告化
	Shangyou	告化子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	乞食仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	乞食仔, 教化仔, 打幫仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	乞食仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	乞食, 仙人
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	乞食仔, 乞食
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	乞食
	Hong Kong	攞食佬, 乞兒
	Sabah (Longchuan)	攞食佬
	Senai	攞食佬
	Singkawang	乞食
Huizhou	Jixi	討飯仂, 討飯佬 humorous, 討飯鬼 derogatory
	Shexian	討飯唉
	Tunxi	丐食, 討飯個
	Xiuning	丐食, 討飯仂
	Yixian	討飯漢
	Qimen	討飯個
	Wuyuan	討飯個, 討飯仂
Jin	Taiyuan	討吃吃, 討吃子, 要飯的, 叫花子
	Pingyao	叫花子
	Xinzhou	討吃子, 要窩窩哩
	Baochang	要飯的
	Jining	討吃子
	Hohhot	討吃子
	Baotou	討吃子
	Dongsheng	討吃子
	Linhe	討吃子
	Haibowan	討吃子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	化食
	Dikou	化食
	Songxi	化食
	Zhenghe	化食
	Zhenqian	化食
	Jianyang	化食
	Wuyishan	討飯
	Shibei	化食
Min Dong	Fuzhou	乞食
	Changle	乞食
	Fuqing	乞食
	Yongtai	乞食
	Gutian	乞食
	Fu'an	乞食
	Ningde	乞食
	Shouning	乞食
	Zhouning	乞食
	Fuding	乞食
	Matsu	乞食
Min Nan	Xiamen	乞食
	Tong'an	乞食
	Quanzhou	乞食
	Jinjiang	乞食, 分米的, 分食的
	Hui'an	乞食
	Yongchun	乞食
	Zhangzhou	乞食
	Longhai	乞食
	Changtai	乞食
	Zhangpu	乞食
	Dongshan	乞食
	Taipei	乞食
	Kaohsiung	乞食
	Tainan	乞食
	Taichung	乞食
	Hsinchu	乞食
	Lukang	乞食
	Sanxia	乞食
	Yilan	乞食
	Kinmen	乞食
	Magong	乞食
	Penang	乞食, 乞食仔
	Philippines (Manila)	乞食
	Longyan	乞食
	Zhangping	乞食
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	乞食
	Datian	乞食
	Pingnan	乞兒
	Chaozhou	乞食
	Shantou	乞食
	Haifeng	乞食
	Johor Bahru	乞食
	Leizhou	乞食
Puxian Min	Putian	乞食
	Xianyou	乞食
Pinghua	Nanning	救化子, 乞兒
Wu	Shanghai	告花子, 癟三
	Suzhou	告化子, 癟三
	Hangzhou	叫化子, 討飯子
	Wenzhou	丐兒, 討飯丐兒, 討飯人, 取米丐兒, 取米個
	Chongming	掛花子
	Danyang	告花子, 告花嫚嫚
	Jinhua	討飯
	Tangxi	討飯老丐兒
	Ningbo	告花子, 討飯
Xiang	Changsha	告化子, 討飯的
	Shuangfeng	告化子
	Xiangtan	告化子
	Loudi	叫化子, 叫化
	Quanzhou	乞丐

Derived terms

乞食碗草

死皇帝毋值得活乞食

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
乞	食
こ Grade: S	じき Grade: 2

Noun

乞食 (hiragana こじき, rōmaji kojiki)

1. beggar

Verb

乞食する (suru conjugation, hiragana こじきする, rōmaji kojiki suru)

1. to go begging

Conjugation

Conjugation of "乞食する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	乞食し	こじきし	kojiki shi
Continuative (連用形)	乞食し	こじきし	kojiki shi
Terminal (終止形)	乞食する	こじきする	kojiki suru
Attributive (連体形)	乞食する	こじきする	kojiki suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	乞食すれ	こじきすれ	kojiki sure
Imperative (命令形)	乞食せよ¹ 乞食しろ²	こじきせよ¹ こじきしろ²	kojiki seyo¹ kojiki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	乞食される	こじきされる	kojiki sareru
Causative	乞食させる 乞食さす	こじきさせる こじきさす	kojiki saseru kojiki sasu
Potential	乞食できる	こじきできる	kojiki dekiru
Volitional	乞食しよう	こじきしよう	kojiki shiyō
Negative	乞食しない	こじきしない	kojiki shinai
Negative continuative	乞食せず	こじきせず	kojiki sezu
Formal	乞食します	こじきします	kojiki shimasu
Perfective	乞食した	こじきした	kojiki shita
Conjunctive	乞食して	こじきして	kojiki shite
Hypothetical conditional	乞食すれば	こじきすれば	kojiki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative