食不果腹

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	not; no	to fill one's stomach; to satisfy one's hunger
trad. (食不果腹)		食	不	果腹
simp. #(食不果腹)		食	不	果腹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíbùguǒfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ bat¹ gwo² fuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíbùguǒfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhbùguǒfù
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-pu⁴-kuo³-fu⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-bù-gwǒ-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrbuguoofuh
    • Palladius: шибугофу (šibugofu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ bat¹ gwo² fuk¹
    • Yale: sihk bāt gwó fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ bat⁷ gwo² fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ bed¹ guo² fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ kʷɔː³⁵ fʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

食不果腹

1. to always be hungry as one is impoverished