討飯

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (討飯)		討	飯
simp. (讨饭)		讨	饭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎofàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² faan⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thó-fan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎofàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎofàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao³-fan⁴
    • Yale: tǎu-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taofann
    • Palladius: таофань (taofanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² faan⁶
    • Yale: tóu faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ faːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-fan
    • Hakka Romanization System: to` fan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to³ fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ fan⁵⁵/

Verb

討飯

1. to beg for food

Synonyms

• (literary) 乞食 (qǐshí)
• 要飯／要饭 (yàofàn)