Originally Hong Kong Cantonese. From the fact that the meals in the prisons of Hong Kong were provided by the Hong Kong government, which was under the British government during colonial period.
食⫽皇家飯 (verb-object )
( Cantonese , slang , idiomatic ) to live at Her Majesty's pleasure ; to be imprisoned
Dialectal synonyms of
坐牢 (“to be imprisoned”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
坐牢 , 入獄 , 下獄 , 入監
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
蹲監獄
Taiwan
坐牢
Langfang
蹲監
Ulanhot
蹲大獄 , 蹲笆籬子
Tongliao
蹲大獄 , 蹲笆籬子
Chifeng
坐牢 , 蹲監獄
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
蹲大獄 , 蹲笆籬子
Harbin
蹲監獄 , 蹲笆籬子 , 坐牢
Shenyang
坐牢 , 坐班房 , 蹲笆籬子
Singapore
坐牢
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
蹲大獄 , 蹲大牢
Tangshan
蹲監獄 , 蹲大獄
Cangzhou
坐監獄 , 坐班房兒 , 坐班房
Baoding
坐監獄 , 蹲監獄
Shijiazhuang
坐監獄
Jinan
蹲監獄 , 蹲班房 , 坐監獄
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
坐監
Qingdao
坐牢 , 坐監
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
鑽監 , 坐牢 , 坐班房兒
Daming
住監獄
Wanrong
坐班
Zhengzhou
坐牢 , 坐監
Xi'an
坐監 , 坐牢 , 坐監獄 , 坐廳子 dated
Xining
坐牢 , 坐班房
Xuzhou
坐牢 , 蹲 , 蹲蹲兒 , 蹲大圈兒
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
坐班房子 , 蹲班房子 , 坐牢 , 坐監獄 , 坐班房
Bayanhot
坐牢
Lanzhou
坐班房子 , 坐班房 , 坐牢 , 蹲監獄 , 坐監
Ürümqi
坐牢 , 坐監 , 蹲監獄 , 蹲班房子 , 蹲笆籬子
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
坐班房 , 進市大監 , 坐監 , 坐牢房 , 坐牢 , 上山
Wuhan
坐牢 , 坐班房
Guiyang
坐牢 , 坐班房
Kunming
坐牢 , 坐班房 , 關監
Guilin
坐牢
Liuzhou
坐班房 , 關螞蚱籠 , 坐牢
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
坐牢
Yangzhou
坐牢
Nantong
坐監牢 , 坐牢
Hefei
坐監獄
Huanggang
坐牢
Cantonese
Guangzhou
坐監 , 踎監 , 踎格仔 , 扽監 , 食皇家飯 , 食三兩 , 坐花廳 dated
Hong Kong
坐監 , 踎監 , 入冊 , 食皇家飯 , 坐花廳 dated
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
坐籠
Macau
坐監
Guangzhou (Panyu)
坐監
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
坐監
Guangzhou (Conghua)
坐監
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
坐監
Foshan
坐監
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
坐監
Foshan (Shunde)
坐監
Foshan (Sanshui)
坐監
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
坐監
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
坐監
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
坐監
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
坐監
Zhuhai (Doumen)
坐監
Jiangmen (Baisha)
坐監
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
坐監
Taishan
坐監
Kaiping (Chikan)
坐監
Enping (Niujiang)
坐監
Heshan (Yayao)
坐監
Dongguan
坐監
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
坐監
Shaoguan
坐監
Yunfu
坐監
Yangjiang
坐監 , 踎監
Xinyi
踎監
Lianjiang
坐監
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
食咖喱飯
Penang (Guangfu)
食咖喱飯
Singapore (Guangfu)
坐監 , 食咖喱飯
Gan
Nanchang
坐牢
Lichuan
坐牢
Pingxiang
坐班房
Hakka
Meixian
坐監 , 入監 , 坐班房
Yudu
坐班房
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
坐管仔 , 坐囹仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
坐監 , 坐管仔 , 坐囹仔 , 㘔确仔飯
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
坐管仔 , 坐囹仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
坐囹 , 落囹 , 坐監 , 坐鹿櫥
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
坐管仔 , 坐管 , 坐囹仔 , 坐囹
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
坐枷牢 , 坐枷
Huizhou
Jixi
坐監牢
Shexian
坐牢 , 坐監牢
Jin
Taiyuan
蹲班房 , 坐牢
Xinzhou
住禁閉 , 坐監牢 , 坐牢 , 坐班房 , 住監
Taibus (Baochang)
坐監獄
Linhe
坐大獄 , 坐牢 , 坐監獄 , 坐班房子
Jining
坐牢 , 坐班房
Hohhot
坐牢 , 蹲監獄 , 坐監 , 坐班房
Baotou
坐牢
Dongsheng
坐禁閉
Haibowan
坐牢
Zhangjiakou
坐牢 , 坐監獄 , 蹲監獄 , 坐住監獄
Handan
坐監獄 , 坐房子
Northern Min
Jian'ou
坐牢
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
坐監牢
Fuqing
坐監牢
Southern Min
Xiamen
坐監 , 關監 , 入監
Quanzhou
坐監 , 關監 , 入監
Jinjiang
坐監角
Zhangzhou
坐班 , 坐監 , 坐館 , 關監 , 入監 , 摔櫳仔子 , 相籠仔子 , 相籠仔 , 食無錢飯
Kaohsiung
坐獄
Yilan
坐監
Changhua (Lukang)
坐監
Taichung
坐監
Taichung (Wuqi)
坐監
Tainan
食館仔飯
Taitung
坐監
Hsinchu
坐監
Penghu (Magong)
予 儂 關
Penang (Hokkien)
坐跤跔 , 食吉靈仔飯
Singapore (Hokkien)
坐監 , 關監 , 釘鏈
Manila (Hokkien)
坐跤跔
Longyan
關監
Chaozhou
坐監
Shantou
坐監
Jieyang
坐監
Singapore (Teochew)
釘鏈
Leizhou
坐監 , 捆監
Haikou
坐監
Singapore (Hainanese)
坐監
Puxian Min
Putian
關監獄
Xianyou
關監獄
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
坐監 , 踎監 , 踎墩 , 坐牢
Wu
Shanghai
坐牢監 , 吃官司 , 吃蘿蔔乾飯
Shanghai (Chongming)
坐監牢
Suzhou
吃官司 , 坐監牢
Danyang
坐監 , 坐監牢
Hangzhou
坐牢監 , 吃官司
Ningbo
坐牢監 , 坐監牢
Wenzhou
坐牢監 , 坐班房
Jinhua
坐牢
Xiang
Loudi
坐牢 , 坐班房