食不果腹

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	not; no	to fill one's stomach; to satisfy one's hunger
simp. and trad. (食不果腹)		食	不	果腹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíbùguǒfù

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ bat¹ gwo² fuk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shíbùguǒfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shybuguuofuh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhbùguǒfù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹ kwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ bat¹ gwo² fuk¹
  - Yale: sihk bāt gwó fūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ bat⁷ gwo² fuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ bed¹ guo² fug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ kʷɔː³⁵ fʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

食不果腹

to always be hungry as one is impoverished

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