食住花生等睇戲

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop	peanut	class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on	to watch a play or film
trad. (食住花生等睇戲)		食	住	花生	等	睇戲
simp. (食住花生等睇戏)		食	住	花生	等	睇戏
Literally: “to eat peanuts and wait for watching the show”.

Etymology

According to The Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities in Hong Kong, the idiom comes from Mr. Peanut's slogan, initially intented to promote peanuts as a side dish when watching movies. The slang later used in HKGolden and spread to the other forums. Compared to get the popcorn.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ zyu⁶ faa¹ sang¹ dang² tai² hei³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ zyu⁶ faa¹ sang¹ dang² tai² hei³
    • Yale: sihk jyuh fā sāng dáng tái hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ dzy⁶ faa¹ sang¹ dang² tai² hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ ju⁶ fa¹ seng¹ deng² tei² héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡syː²² faː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ tɐŋ³⁵ tʰɐi̯³⁵ hei̯³³/

Idiom

食住花生等睇戲

1. (Hong Kong, Internet slang) to watch a conflict and treat it as an entertainment

Derived terms

• 花生 (huāshēng)
• 花生友
• 食花生