"蠶食" meaning in Chinese

See 蠶食 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/, /t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚²/, /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/, /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚²⁴/, /t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/ Chinese transliterations: cánshí [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], caam⁴ sik⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], chhâm-si̍t, chhân-si̍t, cánshí [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], cánshíh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tsʻan²-shih² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tsán-shŕ [Mandarin, Yale], tsarnshyr [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цаньши [Mandarin, Palladius], canʹši [Mandarin, Palladius], chàahm sihk [Cantonese, Yale], tsaam⁴ sik⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], cam⁴ xig⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], chhâm-si̍t [Hokkien, POJ], tshâm-si̍t [Hokkien, Tai-lo], zhamsit [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], chhân-si̍t [Hokkien, POJ], tshân-si̍t [Hokkien, Tai-lo], zhansit [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], dzom zyik [Middle-Chinese], /*C.[dz]ˤ[ə]m mə-lək/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*zluːm ɦljɯɡ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 蚕食
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 蠶食
  1. (literary) to encroach upon; to eat away; to nibble away at Tags: literary Derived forms: 蠶食鯨吞 (cánshíjīngtūn), 蚕食鲸吞 (cánshíjīngtūn)
    Sense id: en-蠶食-zh-verb-Zo8vg8nG Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "forms": [
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      "expansion": "蠶食",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to eat like a silkworm",
  "pos": "verb",
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "cánshíjīngtūn",
          "word": "蠶食鯨吞"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cánshíjīngtūn",
          "word": "蚕食鲸吞"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The light emitting out of the secluded room seems as if it were nibbled away",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "2024, 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (lyrics and music), “無答案 [Nocture]”performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:",
          "roman": "jau¹ fong⁴⁻² sik¹ ceot¹ dik¹ gwong¹ jau⁴ jyu⁴ bei⁶ caam⁴ sik⁶ gwo³",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "幽房釋出的光猶如被蠶食過",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "The light emitting out of the secluded room seems as if it were nibbled away",
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            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "roman": "jau¹ fong⁴⁻² sik¹ ceot¹ dik¹ gwong¹ jau⁴ jyu⁴ bei⁶ caam⁴ sik⁶ gwo³",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
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          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "to encroach upon; to eat away; to nibble away at"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "encroach",
          "encroach"
        ],
        [
          "eat",
          "eat"
        ],
        [
          "nibble",
          "nibble"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literary) to encroach upon; to eat away; to nibble away at"
      ],
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      ]
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cánshí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "caam⁴ sik⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhâm-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhân-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cánshí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cánshíh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻan²-shih²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsán-shŕ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsarnshyr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цаньши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "canʹši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chàahm sihk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsaam⁴ sik⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cam⁴ xig⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhâm-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshâm-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhamsit"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhân-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshân-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhansit"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzom zyik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*C.[dz]ˤ[ə]m mə-lək/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*zluːm ɦljɯɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[dz]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ə]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*zluːm ɦljɯɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蠶食"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "cánshíjīngtūn",
      "word": "蠶食鯨吞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cánshíjīngtūn",
      "word": "蚕食鲸吞"
    }
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      "raw_tags": [
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to eat like a silkworm",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 蠶",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 食",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
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        "Middle Chinese verbs",
        "Old Chinese lemmas",
        "Old Chinese verbs",
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        {
          "english": "The light emitting out of the secluded room seems as if it were nibbled away",
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "2024, 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (lyrics and music), “無答案 [Nocture]”performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:",
          "roman": "jau¹ fong⁴⁻² sik¹ ceot¹ dik¹ gwong¹ jau⁴ jyu⁴ bei⁶ caam⁴ sik⁶ gwo³",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "幽房釋出的光猶如被蠶食過",
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          "english": "The light emitting out of the secluded room seems as if it were nibbled away",
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            "Literary Cantonese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "2024, 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (lyrics and music), “無答案 [Nocture]”performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:",
          "roman": "jau¹ fong⁴⁻² sik¹ ceot¹ dik¹ gwong¹ jau⁴ jyu⁴ bei⁶ caam⁴ sik⁶ gwo³",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
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          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "to encroach upon; to eat away; to nibble away at"
      ],
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        [
          "encroach",
          "encroach"
        ],
        [
          "eat",
          "eat"
        ],
        [
          "nibble",
          "nibble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to encroach upon; to eat away; to nibble away at"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cánshí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "caam⁴ sik⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhâm-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhân-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cánshí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cánshíh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻan²-shih²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsán-shŕ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsarnshyr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цаньши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "canʹši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chàahm sihk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsaam⁴ sik⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cam⁴ xig⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhâm-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshâm-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhamsit"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚²⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhân-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshân-si̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhansit"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzom zyik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*C.[dz]ˤ[ə]m mə-lək/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*zluːm ɦljɯɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sit̚²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[dz]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ə]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*zluːm ɦljɯɡ/"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 蠶食 meaning in Chinese (4.2kB)

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