# 吃國家飯
## Chinese

| | | eat; eradicate; destroyeat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer | country; nation; state | food; cuisine; cooked ricefood; cuisine; cooked rice; meal |
| trad. (吃國家飯) | trad. (吃國家飯) | 吃 | 國家 | 飯 |
| simp. (吃国家饭) | simp. (吃国家饭) | 吃 | 国家 | 饭 |

### Etymology

Compare Cantonese 食皇家飯／食皇家饭 (sik$^6$ wong$^4$ gaa$^1$ faan$^6$).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chī guójiāfàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄈㄢˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chī guójiāfàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄈㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chih guójiafàn
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^1$ kuo$^2$-chia$^1$-fan$^4$
*** Yale: chr̄ gwó-jyā-fàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy gwojiafann
*** Palladius: чи гоцзяфань (či goczjafanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ fän⁵¹/

### Verb

吃⫽國家飯 (verb-object)
* (slang) to be imprisoned
* (figurative, idiomatic) to live off a government salary

#### Synonyms

* 吃皇糧／吃皇粮 (chī huángliáng)
| 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 |