「食字」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: sik6 zi6
Individual
Character Meaning:
食 to eat; to take (medicine); to suffer; to conquer; to control
字 character; character; word; five minutes; script; handwriting; penmanship; calligraphy; tails (of a coin)
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
to make a homophonic pun; to play with words homophonically; literally: to eat words
(Cant.) 個go3戲hei3名meng2其kei4實sat6有jau5玩waan2食sik6字zi6,要jiu3用jung6廣gwong2東dung1話waa2讀duk6出ceot1嚟lai4先sin1至zi3明ming4㗎gaa3!
(Eng.) The movie title is actually a pun, and you need to read it out in Cantonese in order to understand it!
(Cant.) TVBti1 wi1 bi1啲di1劇kek6名meng2成seng4日jat6玩waan2食sik6字zi6,好hou2似ci5《金gam1枝zi1慾juk6孽jip6》、《畢bat1打daa2自zi6己gei2人jan4》、《宮gung1心sam1計gai3》咁gam2。
(Eng.) TVB always makes use of word play in its TV drama names, such as "War And Beauty" (puns with "be born in the purple") , "Off Pedder" (Pedder puns with "not to beat"), "Beyond the Realm of Conscience" (puns with "adept at scheming").
See also: 別字 填字遊戲 文字遊戲 標點符號 歇後語 疊字 簡筆字 詞綴 食洋腸 食鬼 (類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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