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飯碗

飯碗

See also: 饭碗

Chinese

		food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal	bowl; cup
trad. (飯碗)		飯	碗
simp. (饭碗)		饭	碗

Noun

飯碗

bowl of rice; rice bowl
way of making a living; livelihood; job; career

Derived terms

鐵飯碗／铁饭碗 (tiěfànwǎn)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fànwǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁶ wun²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fan-vón
Min Nan (POJ): pn̄g-óaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fànwǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannwoan
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠n⁵¹ u̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan⁶ wun²
  - Yale: faahn wún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁶ wun²
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːn²² wuːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fan-vón
  - Hakka Romanization System: fan von`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fan⁴ von³
  - IPA: /fan⁵⁵ von³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pn̄g-óaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pn̄g-uánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pngx'voar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ uã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² uã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ uã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ uã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pŋ̍³³⁻²¹ uã⁴¹/