水飯房

Chinese

		water; river	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal	house
trad. (水飯房)		水	飯	房
simp. (水饭房)		水	饭	房
Literally: “water and rice room”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² faan⁶ fong⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² faan⁶ fong⁴
    • Yale: séui faahn fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² faan⁶ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² fan⁶ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ faːn²² fɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

水飯房

1. (Hong Kong, colloquial) solitary confinement cell; the hole