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要飯
  jiu3 faan6   jyutping
  yao4 fan4   pinyin
to beg (for food or money)
(Lit. to want some rice)
[Syn.] 討飯


Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
要飯 / 要饭

This word has been viewed 1456 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 17th Feb 2010 03:55 and last edited on 4th May 2010 04:13
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Characters in this word:

 jiu3 jiu1  -  want; must; shall; important; demand; if
 faan6  -  cooked rice

1 compounds containing this word:

要飯的 - a beggar
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