食屎屙飯

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	stool; faeces	defecate	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (食屎屙飯)		食	屎	屙	飯
simp. (食屎屙饭)		食	屎	屙	饭
Literally: “to eat faeces and excrete rice”.

Etymology

In contrast with the norm of 食飯屙屎 (“to eat rice and excrete faeces”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ si² o¹ faan⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ si² o¹ faan⁶
    • Yale: sihk sí ō faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ si² o¹ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ xi² o¹ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² siː³⁵ ɔː⁵⁵ faːn²²/

Idiom

食屎屙飯

1. (Cantonese, colloquial, vulgar) to not follow norms; putting the cart before the horse

Synonyms

• 本末倒置 (běnmòdàozhì)