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A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
N(1)  Rice: 白米 white cooked rice;
usu. rice, opp. 稀 gruel, congee;
fried rice;
炒冷 (coll.) piping on an old theme, old talk;
steamed rice;
(米) 粒兒,巴粒兒, grains of rice.
(2)  Meal: 一天三餐 three meals a day;
後 after meal;
,午,晚 breakfast, lunch, supper;
eat;
吃 go without meals;
cook a meal;
dinner is served;
lay table for dinner;
take board by the month;
be beggar;
店,館,廳,[fan4dian4], [fan4guan3], [fan4ting1], [fan4che1]↓;
來開口 of those who eat and will not work.
(3)  Profession, means of living: 吃這口 to be in this profession;
這口不容易吃 it is difficult to make this kind of a living;
吃 just to make a living somehow.
V(LL) to feed: 牛 feed cattle;
僧 give food to monks.
Words1.車 [fan4che1], n., dining car. 
2.袋 [fan4dai4], n., esp. 酒囊袋 useless person good only for feasting and drinking (“rice bag”). 
3.店 [fan4dian4], n., food shop, restaurant; now also used for big hotels (大店). 
4.館 [fan4guan3], n., restaurant. 
5.鍋 [fan4guo1], n., pot for boiling rice. 
6.盒 (兒) [fan4he2er0], n., lunch basket. 
7.莊 [fan4zhuang1], n., (dial.) restaurant. 
8.局 [fan4jU2], n., dinner party. 
9.量 [fan4liang4], n., appetite, eating capacity. 
10.粒 [fan4li4], n., grains of rice. 
11.落兒 [fan4luo4er0], n., (coll.) means of living, where meals come from. 
12.票 [fan4piao4], n., food ration: 這下子你可有長期票了 now you have a permanent job (means of living); (coll. usu. of girl) getting married as a means of security. 
13.食 [fan4shi2], n., (1)  meals in general; (2)  a rice meal. 
14.廳 [fan4ting1], n., dining room. 
15.菜 [fan4cai4], n., meal as a whole. 
16.桶 [fan4tong3], n., (derog.) “rice bucket,” good-for-nothing, a stupid person. 
17.座兒 [fan4zuo4er0], n., customer at restaurant. 
18.碗 (兒) (子) [fan4wan3] ([fan4wa3er0], [wan3zi0]), rice bowl, means of living: 打破碗 lose one's job.