吃白食

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	free meal; plain food
trad. (吃白食)		吃	白食
simp. #(吃白食)		吃	白食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī báishí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ baak⁶ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī báishí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih báishíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ pai²-shih²
    • Yale: chr̄ bái-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy bairshyr
    • Palladius: чи байши (či bajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ baak⁶ sik⁶
    • Yale: hek baahk sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ baak⁹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ bag⁶ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ paːk̚² sɪk̚²/

Verb

吃白食

1. (regional, colloquial) to live off others; to not earn an honest living; to freeload