吃牢飯

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	prison food
trad. (吃牢飯)		吃	牢飯
simp. (吃牢饭)		吃	牢饭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī láofàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄌㄠˊ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ lou⁴ faan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī láofàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄌㄠˊ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih láofàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ lao²-fan⁴
    • Yale: chr̄ láu-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy laufann
    • Palladius: чи лаофань (či laofanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ lou⁴ faan⁶
    • Yale: hek lòuh faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ lou⁴ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ lou⁴ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ lou̯²¹ faːn²²/

Verb

吃牢飯

1. (figurative) to do prison time