乞米
Chinese
| beg | rice; metre | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (乞米) | 乞 | 米 | |
| simp. #(乞米) | 乞 | 米 | |
Pronunciation
Verb
乞米
- (literary or Cantonese) to beg for food
- (Taishanese) to beg (ask for food or money as charity)
Synonyms
- (to beg for food):
Dialectal synonyms of 要飯 (“to beg for food”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 乞食 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 討飯, 要飯 | |
| Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 要飯 |
| Xi'an | 要飯 | |
| Wuhan | 討米 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 乞食 |
| Hong Kong | 乞食 | |
| Taishan | 乞米 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 乞米 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 討飯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 討食 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 乞食, 討食 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 乞食, 討食 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 乞食, 討食 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 乞食, 討食 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 乞食, 討食 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 乞食, 討食 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 討飯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 討食 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 討食 |
| Quanzhou | 討食 | |
| Zhangzhou | 討食 | |
| Jieyang | 討食 | |
| Leizhou | 討米 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 討飯 |
| Wenzhou | 討飯, 搝米 | |
| Jinhua | 討飯 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 討米 |
| Loudi | 討米 | |
- (to beg for food or money):
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