廢寢忘食

Chinese

		abolish; crippled	lie down	to forget; to overlook; to neglect	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (廢寢忘食)		廢	寢	忘	食
simp. (废寝忘食)		废	寝	忘	食
Literally: “to neglect sleep and forget about food”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèiqǐnwàngshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ cam² mong⁴ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèiqǐnwàngshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèicǐnwàngshíh
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-chʻin³-wang⁴-shih²
    • Yale: fèi-chǐn-wàng-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feychiinwanqshyr
    • Palladius: фэйциньванши (fɛjcinʹvanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ cam² mong⁴ sik⁶
    • Yale: fai chám mòhng sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ tsam² mong⁴ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ cem² mong⁴ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ t͡sʰɐm³⁵ mɔːŋ²¹ sɪk̚²/

Idiom

廢寢忘食

1. to be completely wrapped up in one's work and skip one's sleep and meals