鐵飯碗

See also: 铁饭碗

Chinese

		iron	bowl of rice; rice bowl; way of making a living bowl of rice; rice bowl; way of making a living; livelihood; job; career
trad. (鐵飯碗)		鐵	飯碗
simp. (铁饭碗)		铁	饭碗

Etymology

The idea of the “rice bowl” is the rough Chinese equivalent of one's “bread and butter”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiěfànwǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄢˋ ㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ faan⁶ wun²
Min Nan (POJ): thih-pn̄g-óaⁿ / thih-pūiⁿ-óaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiěfànwǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄢˋ ㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiiefannwoan
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fän⁵¹ u̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiěfànwǎnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄢˋ ㄨㄢˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiiefannwoal
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fän⁵¹ wɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tit³ faan⁶ wun²
  - Yale: tit faahn wún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ faan⁶ wun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tid³ fan⁶ wun²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ fäːn²² wuːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-pn̄g-óaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thih-pn̄g-uánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tihp'ngx'voar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ pŋ̍³³⁻²¹ uã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ uã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)⁵ pŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² uã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ uã⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-pūiⁿ-óaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thih-puīnn-uánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tihpvuix'voar
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ puĩ²²⁻²¹ uã⁵³/

Noun

鐵飯碗

(literally) iron rice bowl
(figuratively) secure job; job for life; job security

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