衣來伸手，飯來張口

Chinese

		gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	to come	to extend out one's hand; to ask for charity; to ask for handouts		food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal	to come	to open one's mouth; to start to speak
trad. (衣來伸手，飯來張口)		衣	來	伸手	，	飯	來	張口
simp. (衣来伸手，饭来张口)		衣	来	伸手	，	饭	来	张口
Literally: “extend one's hands when someone takes clothes for him (so as to let others to wear for him), open one's mouth when someone takes food for him (so as to let others to feed him)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīláishēnshǒu, fànláizhāngkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄌㄞˊ ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˇ , ㄈㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄤ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ loi⁴ san¹ sau², faan⁶ loi⁴ zoeng¹ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīláishēnshǒu, fànláizhāngkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄌㄞˊ ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˇ , ㄈㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄤ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiláishenshǒu, fànláijhangkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-lai²-shên¹-shou³, fan⁴-lai²-chang¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: yī-lái-shēn-shǒu-, fàn-lái-jāng-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ilaishenshoou, fannlaijangkoou
    • Palladius: илайшэньшоу, фаньлайчжанкоу (ilajšɛnʹšou, fanʹlajčžankou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fän⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ loi⁴ san¹ sau², faan⁶ loi⁴ zoeng¹ hau²
    • Yale: yī lòih sān sáu, faahn lòih jēung háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ loi⁴ san¹ sau², faan⁶ loi⁴ dzoeng¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ loi⁴ sen¹ seo², fan⁶ loi⁴ zêng¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ faːn²² lɔːi̯²¹ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

衣來伸手，飯來張口

1. to be very lazy

See also

• 飯來張口 / 饭来张口 (fànláizhāngkǒu)