粵

主zyu2食sik6

zyu2 sik6zhǔ shí

English

  1. staple food
  2. staple food

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 主要食糧,日常飲食中食得最多,提供澱粉質嘅食物,例如東南亞以米為主,其他有麪、薯仔、粟米

Examples

  • 我係一個嚟自印尼爪哇島,世界上人口最多嘅島嶼嘅流浪者。 我鍾意貓,咖啡係我嘅主食。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我们日本人以米饭为主食。

    We Japanese live on rice.

    Tatoeba · xiuqin CC BY

  • 大部分日本人都以米饭为主食。

    Most Japanese live on rice.

    Tatoeba · ydcok CC BY

  • 在各大土耳其餐馆,烤羊肉串是主食。

    In various Turkish restaurants, shishkabob is the main food.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 在中国,南方人以米饭为主食,北方人以面食为主食。

    In China, southern people eat rice as staple food; northern people eat wheaten food as staple food.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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