吃貨

See also: 吃货

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	goods; money; commodity
trad. (吃貨)		吃	貨
simp. (吃货)		吃	货

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chīhuò

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄏㄨㄛˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ci² ho⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chīhuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄏㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chihhuò
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-huo⁴
  - Yale: chr̄-hwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhuoh
  - Palladius: чихо (čixo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ci² ho⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cxo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹ xo²¹³/

Noun

吃貨

(colloquial, derogatory, term of abuse) one who eats all day and does nothing; good-for-nothing; do-nothing; idler
(neologism, slang, now more common) foodie; chowhound; gourmet
(Sichuanese) food

Synonyms

(good-for-nothing):

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廢品／废品 (fèipǐn)
沒有用的人／没有用的人 (méiyǒu yòng de rén)
混混兒／混混儿 (dialectal)
窩囊廢／窝囊废 (wōnangfèi)
衣架飯囊／衣架饭囊
阿斗 (ādǒu)

Dialectal synonyms of 廢物 (“incompetent person; useless individual; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廢物
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	窩囊廢, 廢物點心
	Harbin	窩囊廢, 廢物點心, 膿包, 飯桶, 熊貨, 熊蛋, 熊包, 熊蛋包, 熊屄, 熊包軟蛋, 癟子
	Singapore	飯桶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	窩囊廢, 膿包, 飯桶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	飯桶, 熊蛋, 熊蛋包, 熊人, 熊的, 熊大堆兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	㞞包, 窩囊廢, 騾子球, 飯桶, 草包
	Wanrong	膿包, 㞞包, 草包
	Xi'an	窩囊廢, 肉頭, 廢物, 飯桶
	Xining	飯桶
	Xuzhou	儾惇, 儾, 窩囊廢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	窩囊廢, 肉頭, 飯桶
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	窩囊廢, 囊㞞, 㞞包, 乏㞞, 囊包, 飯桶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	膿包, 飯桶
	Wuhan	飯桶, 齋貨, 齋行頭, 㞞頭, 齋公, 齋雞子, 齋脈子
	Guiyang	飯桶, 草包
	Liuzhou	膿包, 飯桶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	膿包, 膿包鬼, 飯桶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	廢料, 飯桶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大泡和, 廢物
	Hong Kong	廢柴, 廢拉, 廢拉柴, 廢J
	Dongguan	廢忽丁
Gan	Pingxiang	膿包, 飯桶
Hakka	Meixian	蠢貨, 廢人仔, 阿婆官 humorous
	Yudu	膿包
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飯桶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	飯桶
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飯桶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	飯桶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飯桶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飯桶
Huizhou	Jixi	飯桶
Jin	Taiyuan	苶毬, 窩囊廢, 廢物, 膿包
Jin	Xinzhou	㞞漢, 膿包, 菜包子, 菜貨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飯桶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	飯桶, 廢人, 草包
Southern Min	Xiamen	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 草包
	Quanzhou	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 草包
	Zhangzhou	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 統雞, 草包
	Tainan	飯桶, 落屎馬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飯桶
	Shantou	無頂用
	Leizhou	飯桶
	Haikou	飯桶, 草包
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飯桶, 草包
Wu	Shanghai	飯桶, 草包
	Shanghai (Chongming)	飯桶
	Suzhou	飯桶, 草包
	Danyang	膿包, 飯桶, 草包
	Hangzhou	飯桶, 草包
	Ningbo	飯桶, 草包
	Wenzhou	飯桶
	Jinhua	拖病人, 㞞人, 飯桶
Xiang	Changsha	尿泡, 草袋子, 草寶, 飯桶, 草包
Xiang	Loudi	飯桶

(foodie): 大胃王 (dàwèiwáng)
(food):

Dialectal synonyms of 食物 (“food”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		食物
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		食物
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吃食, 吃兒
	Taiwan	食物
	Harbin	食物
	Singapore	食物
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	食物, 食品
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	吃的
	Xi'an	吃的
	Xining	吃食
	Xuzhou	吃食
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	吃的, 吃頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	吃的, 吃貨
	Wuhan	吃食
	Guiyang	吃的
	Guilin	吃的
	Liuzhou	吃的東西, 食物
Cantonese	Hong Kong	嘢食, 食物
Gan	Pingxiang	吃食
Hakka	Meixian	食物
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食物
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食物
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食物
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食物
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食物
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	食物
Huizhou	Jixi	食品
Jin	Taiyuan	食物
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	食其乇
Southern Min	Xiamen	食物, 物食, 食食
	Quanzhou	食物, 食食
	Zhangzhou	食物, 物食, 食食
	Tainan	食物, 物食
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食食, 物食
	Manila (Hokkien)	食物, 食食
	Leizhou	物食
	Haikou	物食
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	食物
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	食物
Wu	Shanghai	吃個物事
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	吃食物事
Xiang	Loudi	吃個

Verb

吃⫽貨 (verb-object)

(finance, of traders) to quietly accumulate shares when they are at a lower price; to average down; to stockpile shares