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 ㄓㄤ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁶ loi⁴ zoeng¹ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fànláizhāngkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄤ ㄎㄡˇ
    • 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

1. 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)