吃軟飯

吃軟飯

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	soft rice; 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): ㄔ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ jyun⁵ faan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chī ruǎnfàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy roanfann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ jyun⁵ faan⁶
    • Yale: hek yúhn faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ jyn⁵ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ yun⁵ fan⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ jyːn¹³ fäːn²²/

Verb

吃軟飯

1. (figuratively, derogatory, of a man) to live off a woman

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 食軟飯／食软饭