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Chinese
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food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal |
bowl; cup
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| trad. (飯碗)
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飯
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碗
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| simp. (饭碗)
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饭
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碗
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Pronunciation
Note: beng7 uan2 - Jieyang.
Noun
飯碗
- (literally) bowl of rice; rice bowl
- (figurative, informal) way of making a living; livelihood; job; career; bread and butter
- 飯碗不保／饭碗不保 ― fànwǎn bù bǎo ― to be unable to secure career or income
- 丟飯碗／丢饭碗 ― diū fànwǎn ― to lose income or job
Synonyms
- (rice bowl):
- (livelihood):
- 世故 (shìgù) (archaic)
- 生活 (shēnghuó)
- 生涯 (shēngyá)
- 生產 / 生产 (shēngchǎn) (archaic)
- 生計 / 生计 (shēngjì)
- 生路 (shēnglù)
Dialectal synonyms of
職業 (“job; occupation; profession”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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職, 業
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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職業, 工作
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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工作
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| Singapore
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工, 工作
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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工
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| Hong Kong
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工
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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工
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| Hakka
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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頭路
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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頭路
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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頭路
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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頭路
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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頭路
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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頭路
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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頭路, 工課, 穡路
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| Quanzhou
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頭路, 工課, 穡路
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| Jinjiang
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頭路
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| Zhangzhou
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頭路, 工課, 穡路
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| Taipei
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頭路
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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頭路, 職業
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| Kaohsiung
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工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業
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| Yilan
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工課, 頭路, 職業
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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工課, 頭路, 職業
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| Taichung
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頭路, 工課, 穡頭
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| Tainan
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工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業
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| Hsinchu
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頭路, 工課
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| Kinmen
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頭路, 工課
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| Penghu (Magong)
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工課
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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工課, 工
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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工, 頭路, 工課
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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頭路
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| Jieyang
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工課
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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工, 工課
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| Singapore (Hainanese)
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工
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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工作, 生活, 生意, 行當, 飯碗 figuratively, 飯碗頭 figuratively
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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生活, 營生
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| Suzhou
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行當
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| Danyang
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生活
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| Ningbo
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生活, 行當
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| Wenzhou
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行當
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| Jinhua
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行當, 事幹, 生活
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Derived terms