日食

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: rig8 sih8
POJ: ji̍k-si̍h
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.

Meanings and usage

noun: solar eclipse
日食, 日蝕

The Teochew reading is given once for a shared pronunciation block covering three listed senses (solar eclipse; literary/Hokkien 'daily food'; literary/Hokkien 'daily life') with no sense-specific split, so the general 'solar eclipse' sense was chosen as most likely but is not confirmed by the page.

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