粵

飯faan6桶tung2

simp饭桶
faan6 tung2fàn tǒng

English

  1. rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served)
  2. (slang) sloppier
  3. good-for-nothing; a useless person; literally, rice bucket
  4. (fig.) fathead
  5. used ironically to refer to somebody who eats a lot of rice
  6. a good-for-nothing

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 冇用、冇貢献、好蠢嘅人,鬧佢哋只係可以食飯而冇其他用途(量詞:個)
  2. 要食好多飯嘅人(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 佢真係冇鬼用,正一飯桶!

    He is really useless and a good-for-nothing. ----

  • 佢係「飯桶」嚟㗎,餐餐都一定要食飯。 (keoi5 hai6 "faan6 tung2" lai4 gaa3, caan1 caan1 dou1 jat1 ding6 jiu3 sik6 faan6.)

    He is a rice bucket; he has to have rice with every meal.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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