吃閒飯

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	idle; interstice; separate	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (吃閒飯/吃閑飯)		吃	閒/閑	飯
simp. (吃闲饭)		吃	闲	饭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīxiánfàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ haan⁴ faan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīxiánfàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihsiánfàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-hsien²-fan⁴
    • Yale: chr̄-syán-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyshyanfann
    • Palladius: чисяньфань (čisjanʹfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ haan⁴ faan⁶
    • Yale: hek hàahn faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ haan⁴ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ han⁴ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ haːn²¹ faːn²²/

Verb

吃閒飯

1. to lead an idle life; to be a loafer or sponger

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 食閒米／食闲米