# 飯碗
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fànwǎn
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄨㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faan$^6$ wun$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fan-vón
    (Hailu, HRS): pon$^˖$ von$^ˊ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pn̄g-óaⁿ / pūiⁿ-óaⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bung$^7$ uan$^2$ / buin$^7$ uan$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ve-uoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fànwǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄨㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fànwǎn
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^4$-wan$^3$
*** Yale: fàn-wǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannwoan
*** Palladius: фаньвань (fanʹvanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän⁵¹ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^6$ wun$^2$
*** Yale: faahn wún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^6$ wun$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^6$ wun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn²² wuːn³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fan-vón
*** Hakka Romanization System: fan von$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fan$^4$ von$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan⁵⁵ von³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: pon$^˖$ von$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰon³³ von²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pn̄g-óaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: pn̄g-uánn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pngx'voar
*** IPA (Taipei): /pŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ uã⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² uã⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ uã⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pŋ̍³³⁻²¹ uã⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pūiⁿ-óaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: puīnn-uánn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pvuix'voar
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /puĩ²²⁻²¹ uã⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bung$^7$ uan$^2$ / buin$^7$ uan$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pūng uáⁿ / pūiⁿ uáⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /puŋ¹¹ ũã⁵²/, /pũĩ¹¹ ũã⁵²/
* bung7 uan2 - Chaozhou,Jieyang,Chenghai,Shantou;
* buin7 uan2 - Shanwei (Haifeng).

### 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):
** 飯缽／饭钵
* (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)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 職, 業 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 職業, 工作 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 工作 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 工, 工作 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 工 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 工 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 工 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 工課, 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 工課, 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 頭路, 工課, 穡頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 工課 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 工課, 工 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 工, 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 工課 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 工, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 工 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 工作, 生活, 生意, 行當, 飯碗 figuratively, 飯碗頭 figuratively |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 生活, 營生 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 行當 |
| Wu | Danyang | 生活 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 生活, 行當 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 行當 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 行當, 事幹, 生活 |

#### Derived terms

* 搶飯碗 / 抢饭碗 (qiǎngfànwǎn)
* 鐵飯碗 / 铁饭碗 (tiěfànwǎn)