白吃

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
simp. and trad. (白吃)		白	吃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báichī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ hek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báichī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báichih
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-chʻih¹
    • Yale: bái-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairchy
    • Palladius: байчи (bajči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 白吃 白痴

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ hek³
    • Yale: baahk hek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ hek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ hég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² hɛːk̚³/

Verb

白吃

1. to eat without paying; to eat for free

Synonyms

• (to eat for free): 白食 (báishí); (Cantonese) 黐餐; (Hokkien) 白白食
• (to eat without paying): 食霸王餐

Derived terms

• 天下沒有白吃的午餐／天下没有白吃的午餐 (tiānxià méiyǒu báichī de wǔcān)