食皇家飯

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	royal family; imperial household; imperial court	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (食皇家飯)		食	皇家	飯
simp. (食皇家饭)		食	皇家	饭

Etymology

From the fact that the meals in the prisons of Hong Kong were provided by the Hong Kong government, which was under the British government during colonial period.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ wong⁴ gaa¹ faan⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ wong⁴ gaa¹ faan⁶
    • Yale: sihk wòhng gā faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ wong⁴ gaa¹ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ wong⁴ ga¹ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² wɔːŋ²¹ kaː⁵⁵ faːn²²/

Verb

食⫽皇家飯 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, slang, idiomatic) to live at Her Majesty's pleasure; to be imprisoned

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 坐牢 (“to be imprisoned”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		坐牢, 入獄, 下獄, 入監
Mandarin	Beijing	蹲監獄
	Taiwan	坐牢
	Tianjin	蹲大獄, 蹲大牢
	Langfang	蹲監
	Tangshan	蹲監獄, 蹲大獄
	Cangzhou	坐監獄, 坐班房兒, 坐班房
	Baoding	坐監獄, 蹲監獄
	Shijiazhuang	坐監獄
	Daming	住監獄
	Ulanhot	蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子
	Tongliao	蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子
	Chifeng	坐牢, 蹲監獄
	Bayanhot	坐牢
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子
	Harbin	蹲監獄, 蹲笆籬子, 坐牢
	Shenyang	坐牢, 坐班房, 蹲笆籬子
	Yantai (Muping)	坐監
	Qingdao	坐牢, 坐監
	Jinan	蹲監獄, 蹲班房, 坐監獄
	Luoyang	鑽監, 坐牢, 坐班房兒
	Wanrong	坐班
	Zhengzhou	坐牢, 坐監
	Xi'an	坐監, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐廳子 dated
	Yinchuan	坐班房子, 蹲班房子, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐班房
	Lanzhou	坐班房子, 坐班房, 坐牢, 蹲監獄, 坐監
	Xining	坐牢, 坐班房
	Ürümqi	坐牢, 坐監, 蹲監獄, 蹲班房子, 蹲笆籬子
	Wuhan	坐牢, 坐班房
	Huanggang	坐牢
	Chengdu	坐班房, 進市大監, 坐監, 坐牢房, 坐牢, 上山
	Guiyang	坐牢, 坐班房
	Kunming	坐牢, 坐班房, 關監
	Guilin	坐牢
	Liuzhou	坐班房, 關螞蚱籠, 坐牢
	Xuzhou	坐牢, 蹲, 蹲蹲兒, 蹲大圈兒
	Yangzhou	坐牢
	Nanjing	坐牢
	Hefei	坐監獄
	Nantong	坐監牢, 坐牢
	Singapore	坐牢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	坐監, 踎監, 踎格仔, 扽監, 食皇家飯, 食三兩, 坐花廳 dated
	Hong Kong	坐監, 踎監, 入冊, 食皇家飯, 坐花廳 dated
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	坐籠
	Macau	坐監
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	坐監
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	坐監
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	坐監
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	坐監
	Foshan	坐監
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	坐監
	Foshan (Shunde)	坐監
	Foshan (Sanshui)	坐監
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	坐監
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	坐監
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	坐監
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	坐監
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	坐監
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	坐監
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	坐監
	Taishan	坐監
	Kaiping (Chikan)	坐監
	Enping (Niujiang)	坐監
	Heshan (Yayao)	坐監
	Dongguan	坐監
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	坐監
	Shaoguan	坐監
	Yunfu	坐監
	Yangjiang	坐監, 踎監
	Xinyi	踎監
	Lianjiang	坐監
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	食咖喱飯
	Penang (Guangfu)	食咖喱飯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	坐監, 食咖喱飯
Gan	Nanchang	坐牢
	Lichuan	坐牢
	Pingxiang	坐班房
Hakka	Meixian	坐監, 入監, 坐班房
	Yudu	坐班房
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	坐管仔, 坐囹仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	坐監, 坐管仔, 坐囹仔, 㘔确仔飯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	坐管仔, 坐囹仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	坐囹, 落囹, 坐監, 坐鹿櫥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	坐管仔, 坐管, 坐囹仔, 坐囹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	坐枷牢, 坐枷
Huizhou	Jixi	坐監牢
	Shexian	坐牢, 坐監牢
Jin	Taiyuan	蹲班房, 坐牢
	Xinzhou	住禁閉, 坐監牢, 坐牢, 坐班房, 住監
	Taibus (Baochang)	坐監獄
	Linhe	坐大獄, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐班房子
	Jining	坐牢, 坐班房
	Hohhot	坐牢, 蹲監獄, 坐監, 坐班房
	Baotou	坐牢
	Dongsheng	坐禁閉
	Haibowan	坐牢
	Zhangjiakou	坐牢, 坐監獄, 蹲監獄, 坐住監獄
	Handan	坐監獄, 坐房子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	坐牢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	坐監牢
	Fuqing	坐監牢
Southern Min	Xiamen	坐監, 關監, 入監
	Quanzhou	坐監, 關監, 入監
	Jinjiang	坐監角
	Zhangzhou	坐班, 坐監, 坐館, 關監, 入監, 摔櫳仔子, 相籠仔子, 相籠仔, 食無錢飯
	Kaohsiung	坐獄
	Yilan	坐監
	Changhua (Lukang)	坐監
	Taichung	坐監
	Taichung (Wuqi)	坐監
	Tainan	食館仔飯
	Taitung	坐監
	Hsinchu	坐監
	Penghu (Magong)	予儂關
	Penang (Hokkien)	坐跤跔, 食吉靈仔飯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	坐監, 關監, 釘鏈
	Manila (Hokkien)	坐跤跔
	Longyan	關監
	Chaozhou	坐監
	Shantou	坐監
	Jieyang	坐監
	Singapore (Teochew)	釘鏈
	Leizhou	坐監, 捆監
	Haikou	坐監
	Singapore (Hainanese)	坐監
Puxian Min	Putian	關監獄
	Xianyou	關監獄
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	坐監, 踎監, 踎墩, 坐牢
Wu	Shanghai	坐牢監, 吃官司, 吃蘿蔔乾飯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	坐監牢
	Suzhou	吃官司, 坐監牢
	Danyang	坐監, 坐監牢
	Hangzhou	坐牢監, 吃官司
	Ningbo	坐牢監, 坐監牢
	Wenzhou	坐牢監, 坐班房
	Jinhua	坐牢
Xiang	Loudi	坐牢, 坐班房