食過返尋味

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	to return (to)	to search; to look for; to seek	taste
trad. (食過返尋味)		食	過	返	尋	味
simp. (食过返寻味)		食	过	返	寻	味
alternative forms		食過番尋味／食过番寻味 食過翻尋味／食过翻寻味
Literally: “[if one] has eaten something once, [one would] return to look for the taste”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ gwo³ faan¹ cam⁴ mei⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ gwo³ faan¹ cam⁴ mei⁶
    • Yale: sihk gwo fāan chàhm meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ gwo³ faan¹ tsam⁴ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ guo³ fan¹ cem⁴ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² kʷɔː³³ faːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐm²¹ mei̯²²/

Phrase

食過返尋味

1. (Cantonese) to go back for another round if something tastes good; (figurative) to return to re-experience something good