吃裡扒外

See also: 吃里扒外 and 吃裏扒外

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	climb; crawl; snatch climb; crawl; snatch; pull (out); to strip; hold on to; cling to; dig up; rake; push aside	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (吃裡扒外/吃裏扒外)		吃	裡/裏	扒	外
simp. (吃里扒外)		吃	里	扒	外
alternative forms		吃裡爬外／吃里爬外

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīlǐpáwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄌㄧˇ ㄆㄚˊ ㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ leoi⁵ paa⁴ ngoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīlǐpáwài
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄌㄧˇ ㄆㄚˊ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihlǐpáwài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-li³-pʻa²-wai⁴
    • Yale: chr̄-lǐ-pá-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyliiparway
    • Palladius: чилипавай (čilipavaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ leoi⁵ paa⁴ ngoi⁶
    • Yale: hek léuih pàh ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ loey⁵ paa⁴ ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ lêu⁵ pa⁴ ngoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ lɵy̯¹³ pʰaː²¹ ŋɔːi̯²²/

Idiom

吃裡扒外

1. to live off someone while helping others; to repay a kindness by stabbing someone in the back

Usage notes

• The form 吃里爬外 is recommended by dictionaries published in Mainland China.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吃裡扒外 (“to live off someone while helping others; to repay a kindness by stabbing someone in the back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吃裡扒外
Mandarin	Beijing	吃裡扒外
	Taiwan	吃裡扒外
	Singapore	吃裡扒外
Cantonese	Guangzhou	食碗面反碗底
	Hong Kong	食碗面反碗底
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	家神透外鬼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	家神透外鬼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	家神透外鬼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	家神透外鬼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	家神透外鬼
Southern Min	Xiamen	食碗內說碗外, 食碗內講碗外
	Quanzhou	食碗內說碗外
	Zhangzhou	食碗內說碗外
	Tainan	食碗內洗碗外, 食碗內說碗外