# 食皇家飯
## Chinese

| | | eat; food; to feedeat; food; to feed; animal feed | royal family; imperial household; imperial court | food; cuisine; cooked ricefood; cuisine; cooked rice; meal |
| trad. (食皇家飯) | trad. (食皇家飯) | 食 | 皇家 | 飯 |
| simp. (食皇家饭) | simp. (食皇家饭) | 食 | 皇家 | 饭 |

### Etymology

Originally Hong Kong Cantonese. From the fact that the meals in the prisons of Hong Kong were provided by the Hong Kong government, which was under the British government during colonial period.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): sik$^6$ wong$^4$ gaa$^1$ faan$^6$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sik$^6$ wong$^4$ gaa$^1$ faan$^6$
*** Yale: sihk wòhng gā faahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sik$^9$ wong$^4$ gaa$^1$ faan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xig$^6$ wong$^4$ ga$^1$ fan$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪk̚² wɔːŋ²¹ kaː⁵⁵ faːn²²/

### Verb

食⫽皇家飯 (verb-object)
* (Cantonese, slang, idiomatic) to live at Her Majesty's pleasure; to be imprisoned

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 坐牢, 入獄, 下獄, 入監 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蹲監獄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 坐牢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 蹲監 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 坐牢, 蹲監獄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蹲監獄, 蹲笆籬子, 坐牢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 坐牢, 坐班房, 蹲笆籬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 坐牢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蹲大獄, 蹲大牢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蹲監獄, 蹲大獄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 坐監獄, 坐班房兒, 坐班房 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 坐監獄, 蹲監獄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 坐監獄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蹲監獄, 蹲班房, 坐監獄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 坐監 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 坐牢, 坐監 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鑽監, 坐牢, 坐班房兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 住監獄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 坐班 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 坐牢, 坐監 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 坐監, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐廳子 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 坐牢, 坐班房 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 坐牢, 蹲, 蹲蹲兒, 蹲大圈兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 坐班房子, 蹲班房子, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐班房 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 坐牢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 坐班房子, 坐班房, 坐牢, 蹲監獄, 坐監 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 坐牢, 坐監, 蹲監獄, 蹲班房子, 蹲笆籬子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 坐班房, 進市大監, 坐監, 坐牢房, 坐牢, 上山 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 坐牢, 坐班房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 坐牢, 坐班房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 坐牢, 坐班房, 關監 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 坐牢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 坐班房, 關螞蚱籠, 坐牢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 坐牢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 坐牢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 坐監牢, 坐牢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 坐監獄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 坐牢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 坐監, 踎監, 踎格仔, 扽監, 食皇家飯, 食三兩, 坐花廳 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 坐監, 踎監, 入冊, 食皇家飯, 坐花廳 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 坐籠 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 坐監, 踎監 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 踎監 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 坐監 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 食咖喱飯 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 食咖喱飯 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 坐監, 食咖喱飯 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 坐牢 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 坐牢 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 坐班房 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 坐監, 入監, 坐班房 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 坐班房 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 坐管仔, 坐囹仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 坐監, 坐管仔, 坐囹仔, 㘔确仔飯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 坐管仔, 坐囹仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 坐囹, 落囹, 坐監, 坐鹿櫥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 坐管仔, 坐管, 坐囹仔, 坐囹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 坐枷牢, 坐枷 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 坐監牢 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 坐牢, 坐監牢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蹲班房, 坐牢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 住禁閉, 坐監牢, 坐牢, 坐班房, 住監 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 坐監獄 |
| Jin | Linhe | 坐大獄, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐班房子 |
| Jin | Jining | 坐牢, 坐班房 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 坐牢, 蹲監獄, 坐監, 坐班房 |
| Jin | Baotou | 坐牢 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 坐禁閉 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 坐牢 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 坐牢, 坐監獄, 蹲監獄, 坐住監獄 |
| Jin | Handan | 坐監獄, 坐房子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 坐牢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 坐監牢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 坐監牢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 坐監, 關監, 入監 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 坐監, 關監, 入監 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 坐監角 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 坐班, 坐監, 坐館, 關監, 入監, 摔櫳仔子, 相籠仔子, 相籠仔, 食無錢飯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 坐獄 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 坐監 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 坐監 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 坐監 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 坐監 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 食館仔飯 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 坐監 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 坐監 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 予儂關 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 坐跤跔, 食吉靈仔飯 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 坐監, 關監, 釘鏈 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 坐跤跔 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 關監 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 坐監 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 坐監 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 坐監 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 釘鏈 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 坐監, 捆監 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 坐監 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 坐監 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 關監獄 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 關監獄 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 坐監, 踎監, 踎墩, 坐牢 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 坐牢監, 吃官司, 吃蘿蔔乾飯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 坐監牢 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 吃官司, 坐監牢 |
| Wu | Danyang | 坐監, 坐監牢 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 坐牢監, 吃官司 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 坐牢監, 坐監牢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 坐牢監, 坐班房 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 坐牢 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 坐牢, 坐班房 |