食碗面反碗底

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	bowl; cup	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	wrong side out or up; anti-	bowl; cup	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (食碗面反碗底)		食	碗	面	反	碗	底
simp. #(食碗面反碗底)		食	碗	面	反	碗	底

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ wun² min^6-2 faan² wun² dai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ wun² min^6-2 faan² wun² dai²
    • Yale: sihk wún mín fáan wún dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ wun² min^6-2 faan² wun² dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ wun² min^6-2 fan² wun² dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² wuːn³⁵ miːn²²⁻³⁵ faːn³⁵ wuːn³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

食碗面反碗底

1. (Cantonese) to be ungrateful; to bite the hand that feeds one

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
Min Nan	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