飯來張口

Chinese

		food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal	to come	to open one's mouth; to start to speak
trad. (飯來張口)		飯	來	張口
simp. (饭来张口)		饭	来	张口
Literally: “open one's mouth when someone brings food for him (so as to let others to feed him)””.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fànláizhāngkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄤㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁶ loi⁴ zoeng¹ hau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fànláizhāngkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄤㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fànláijhangkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: fan⁴-lai²-chang¹-kʻou³
  - Yale: fàn-lái-jāng-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannlaijangkoou
  - Palladius: фаньлайчжанкоу (fanʹlajčžankou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan⁶ loi⁴ zoeng¹ hau²
  - Yale: faahn lòih jēung háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁶ loi⁴ dzoeng¹ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁶ loi⁴ zêng¹ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²² lɔːi̯²¹ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

飯來張口

to be very lazy; to be spoonfed.

Derived terms

衣來伸手，飯來張口／衣来伸手，饭来张口 (yīláishēnshǒu, fànláizhāngkǒu)

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