吃個秈米飯發個糯米嗲

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	(a measure word); individual	polished indica rice	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	(a measure word); individual	glutinous rice; sticky rice
trad. (吃個秈米飯發個糯米嗲/吃個籼米飯發個糯米嗲)		吃	個	秈米/籼米	飯	發	個	糯米	嗲
simp. (吃个籼米饭发个糯米嗲)		吃	个	籼米	饭	发	个	糯米	嗲
Literally: “To eat long grain rice but act like it's sticky rice”.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷chiq ⁸gheq ¹shi-mi-ve ⁷faq ⁷gheq ⁶nu-mi ⁵tia

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq ⁸gheq ¹shi-mi-ve ⁷faq ⁷gheq ⁶nu-mi ⁵tia
    • MiniDict: chih^入 gheh^入 shi^平 mi ve fah^入 gheh^入 nu^去 mi tia^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq ⁵hheq ¹xi-mi-ve ⁴faq ⁴hheq ³nu-mi ²tia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁴⁴  ɦəʔ²²  ɕi⁵⁵ mi³³ ve²¹ faʔ⁴⁴  ɦəʔ⁴⁴  nu²² mi⁴⁴ tia³⁴/

Idiom

吃個秈米飯發個糯米嗲

1. (Shanghainese) to live in poverty but still be content