水飯房
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Chinese
[edit]water; river | food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal |
house | ||
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trad. (水飯房) | 水 | 飯 | 房 | |
simp. (水饭房) | 水 | 饭 | 房 | |
Literally: “water and rice room”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 faan6 fong4
- Yale: séui faahn fòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 faan6 fong4
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 fan6 fong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ faːn²² fɔːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]水飯房
- (Hong Kong, colloquial) solitary confinement cell; the hole