食粥食飯

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	congee; gruel; porridge	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (食粥食飯)		食	粥	食	飯
simp. (食粥食饭)		食	粥	食	饭
Literally: “whether one eats porridge or rice (in the future)”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ zuk¹ sik⁶ faan⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ zuk¹ sik⁶ faan⁶
    • Yale: sihk jūk sihk faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ dzuk⁷ sik⁹ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ zug¹ xig⁶ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡sʊk̚⁵ sɪk̚² faːn²²/

Idiom

食粥食飯

1. (Cantonese) whether one's fate will be good or bad

   食粥食飯睇你喇！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   食粥食饭睇你喇！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   sik⁶ zuk¹ sik⁶ faan⁶ tai² nei⁵ laa³! [Jyutping]

   Whether we'll succeed depends on your effort.