睇餸食飯
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Chinese
[edit]look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think |
to eat cooked rice; to eat | |||
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trad. (睇餸食飯) | 睇 | 餸 | 食飯 | |
simp. (睇𩠌食饭) | 睇 | 𩠌 | 食饭 | |
Literally: “eat while observing (how much) food (is left)”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tai2 sung3 sik6 faan6
- Yale: tái sung sihk faahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tai2 sung3 sik9 faan6
- Guangdong Romanization: tei2 sung3 xig6 fan6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ sʊŋ³³ sɪk̚² faːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]睇餸食飯
- (Cantonese) to work with what one has; to act with the available resources in mind
- (Cantonese) to act flexibly; to play by ear