軟飯

Chinese

		soft; flexible	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (軟飯)		軟	飯
simp. (软饭)		软	饭
Literally: “soft rice”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎnfàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ faan⁶

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

Noun

軟飯

1. soft diet
2. (figurative, in compounds, of a man) living off a woman

Derived terms

• 吃軟飯／吃软饭 (chī ruǎnfàn)
• 軟飯男／软饭男 (ruǎnfànnán)
• 食軟飯／食软饭