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食飯 (sik6 faan6) — Can be used by overly enthusiastic relatives to urge you to fill your belly. in Cantonese

sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯
简 食饭
Mandarin Pinyin: shi2 fan4

Meaning of 食飯

nounCan be used by overly enthusiastic relatives to urge you to fill your belly.
nounTo have a meal, to eat.
nounto have dinner;to have a meal
nounto have a meal

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Example Sentences with 食飯

你想食麵定係食飯呀？
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?
zungˉ¹中gwok˗₃國janˎ₄人haiˍ₆係zaaˉ¹揸faai˗₃筷ziˊ²子sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯ge˗₃嘅。
Chinese people are [people who] use chopsticks to have their meals.
sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯cinˎ₄前jiu˗₃要sinˉ¹先saiˊ²洗sauˊ²手。
One should wash one's hands before having a meal.
sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯haiˍ₆係hoengˊ²享sauˍ₆受。
Having a meal is a joy.
geiˊ²幾siˎ₄時sinˉ¹先heoi˗₃去sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯aa˗₃呀？
When do we go having meal?
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Characters in 食飯

食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking
飯faan6
feed

Words Containing 食飯

食飯檯sik6 faan6 toi2
a dining table
撞板多過食飯zong6 baan2 do1 gwo3 sik6 faan6
verb; literally: someone hit the wooden plank more than having a meal, it means failing more than succeeding (be rebuffed)
睇餸食飯，睇燭喃嘸tai2 sung3 sik6 faan6, tai2 zuk1 naam4 mo4
describes when one is required to be aware of the current situation and react in a careful manner; to live within one's means; to act according to circumstances; to adapt oneself to circumstances [colloquial]
食粥食飯sik6 zuk1 sik6 faan6
could be good or could be bad (lit., "whether we eat porridge or rice...")
睇餸食飯tai2 sung3 sik6 faan6
adjusting spending based on incomes
同檯食飯，各自修行tung4 toi4 sik6 faan6, gok3 zi6 sau1 hang6
to appear to be together, but it is actually each to their own in reality [written and colloquial]
請食飯cing2 sik6 faan6
To invite someone to a meal; to treat someone to a meal.

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