冇餸飯 (mou5 sung3 faan6) — there's not much to eat, usually used j… in Cantonese

mouˏ₅冇sung˗₃餸faanˍ₆飯

简冇餸饭

Mandarin Pinyin: mao3 song4 fan4

Meaning of 冇餸飯

nounthere's not much to eat, usually used just as a humble expression of modesty by host when catering for guests

ngoˏ₅我mouˏ₅冇sung˗₃餸faanˍ₆飯sikˍ₆食

I have no side dishes to eat with my rice.

camˎ₄尋jatˍ₆日sikˍ₆食zoˊ²咗mouˏ₅冇sung˗₃餸faanˍ₆飯

Ate plain rice yesterday (without side dishes).

gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日mouˏ₅冇sung˗₃餸faanˍ₆飯wo˗₃喎

We don't have any side dishes for rice today.

maaiˏ₅買hatˍ₆盒faan6,飯，mˎ₄唔saiˊ²使namˊ²諗mouˏ₅冇sung˗₃餸faanˍ₆飯

Buy a boxed meal, no need to worry about not having side dishes.

mouˏ₅冇sung˗₃餸faan6,飯，dimˊ²點sikˍ₆食aa˗₃呀？

No side dishes, how can I eat?

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