食了米

Chinese

		to eat	waste; squander	rice
trad. (食了米)		食	了	米
simp. ^#(食了米)		食	了	米

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-liáu-bí

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziah⁸ liao³ bhi²

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-liáu-bí
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-liáu-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqliaw'bie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziah⁸ liao³ bhi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍h liàu bí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² liau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bi⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

食了米

(Southern Min) to be idle; to be good-for-nothing
- 19??, “〈逆子賢媳〉”, in 《潮州戲曲選集》, page 14:
  
  老而不死食了米。 [Teochew, trad. and simp.]
  lao⁶ re⁵ m⁶ si² ziah⁸ liao³ bhi² [Peng'im]
  To grow old and not die is to be good-for-nothing.

Synonyms

食閒飯／食闲饭
食閒米／食闲米

Descendants

→ English: jiak liao bee