Cantonese Word of the Day
食
SIK • verb — 30th of Jun, 2026
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Meaning: to eat
Examples
- 我肚餓，想食嘢。
(I'm hungry; I want to eat something.) - 我哋今晚去食飯啦。
(Let's go eat dinner tonight.) - 你食咗未？
(Have you eaten yet?)
Synonyms
- 食嘢
- 食飯
- 用膳
食 is the everyday Cantonese verb for 'eat'. It appears alone or in compounds (食嘢 = eat something, 食飯 = have a meal). It can combine with other words (e.g., 食藥 = take medicine). Use aspect markers like 咗 for completed actions (食咗) and 咩/未 to ask questions (食咗未？).
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