食堂

食堂

1. cafeteria; canteen; dining hall; dining room

   昨天學生在食堂裡打起架來了。 [MSC, trad.]
   昨天学生在食堂里打起架来了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuótiān xuéshēng zài shítáng lǐ dǎ qǐ jià lái le. [Pinyin]

   The students got into a fight in the canteen yesterday.

2. restaurant

• (cafeteria):

• (restaurant):

/d͡ʑikidoː/ → /ɕokudoː/

Shift from older reading jikidō (“refectory in a Buddhist temple”). In the Meiji period, the pronunciation shifted to using the kan'on reading of shoku for 食 as the sense expanded to indicate dining facilities in a dormitory, and from there, to any larger room for serving or selling food to multiple people.[1]

First attested in 1903.[1]

• (Tokyo) しょくどー [shòkúdóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝdo̞ː]

食(しょく)堂(どう) • (shokudō) ^{←しよくだう (syokudau)?}

1. [from 1903] a room, hall, or building where food is served or sold: a cafeteria, canteen, buffet, dining room, dining hall, eatery, restaurant, refectory

   社員(しゃいん)食堂(しょくどう)

   shain shokudō

   staff cafeteria

/d͡ʑikidau/ → /d͡ʑikidɔː/ → /d͡ʑikidoː/

From Middle Chinese 食堂 (MC zyik dang). First attested in 747.[1]

• (Tokyo) じきどー [jìkídóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑikʲido̞ː]

食(じき)堂(どう) • (jikidō) ^{←じきだう (zikidau)?}

1. [from 747] (Buddhism) refectory in a Buddhist temple

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食堂 • (sikdang) (hangeul 식당)

1. Hanja form^? of 식당 (“restaurant”).