吃軟飯

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	soft rice; soft diet; living off a woman
trad. (吃軟飯)		吃	軟飯
simp. (吃软饭)		吃	软饭
Literally: “to eat soft rice”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chī ruǎnfàn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄈㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ jyun⁵ faan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chī ruǎnfàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄈㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chih ruǎnfàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ juan³-fan⁴
  - Yale: chr̄ rwǎn-fàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy roanfann
  - Palladius: чи жуаньфань (či žuanʹfanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ fän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ jyun⁵ faan⁶
  - Yale: hek yúhn faahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ jyn⁵ faan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ yun⁵ fan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ jyːn¹³ faːn²²/

Verb

吃⫽軟飯 (verb-object)

(figurative, derogatory, of a man) to live off a woman

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 食軟飯／食软饭

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