吃閒飯

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	idle; interstice; separate	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (吃閒飯/吃閑飯)		吃	閒/閑	飯
simp. (吃闲饭)		吃	闲	饭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chī xiánfàn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄢˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чы щянфан (čɨ xi͡anfan, I-I-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ haan⁴ faan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chī xiánfàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chih siánfàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ hsien²-fan⁴
  - Yale: chr̄ syán-fàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy shyanfann
  - Palladius: чи сяньфань (či sjanʹfanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ fän⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чы щянфан (čɨ xi͡anfan, I-I-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴ ɕiæ̃²⁴ fæ̃⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ haan⁴ faan⁶
  - Yale: hek hàahn faahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ haan⁴ faan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ han⁴ fan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ haːn²¹ faːn²²/

Verb

吃閒飯

to lead an idle life; to be a loafer or sponger

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 食閒米／食闲米