吃軟飯

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	soft rice; soft diet; living off a woman
trad. (吃軟飯)		吃	軟飯
simp. (吃软饭)		吃	软饭
Literally: “to eat soft rice”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī ruǎnfàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ jyun⁵ faan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī ruǎnfàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih ruǎnfàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ juan³-fan⁴
    • Yale: chr̄ rwǎn-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy roanfann
    • Palladius: чи жуаньфань (či žuanʹfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ jyun⁵ faan⁶
    • Yale: hek yúhn faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ jyn⁵ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ yun⁵ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ jyːn¹³ faːn²²/

Verb

吃⫽軟飯 (verb-object)

1. (figurative, derogatory, of a man) to live off a woman

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 食軟飯／食软饭