吃到飽

See also: 吃到饱

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	to eat till full; satisfied
trad. (吃到飽)		吃	到	飽
simp. (吃到饱)		吃	到	饱
Literally: “eat until full”.

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīdàobǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ dou³ baau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīdàobǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihdàobǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-tao⁴-pao³
    • Yale: chr̄-dàu-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chydawbao
    • Palladius: чидаобао (čidaobao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ dou³ baau²
    • Yale: hek dou báau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ dou³ baau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ dou³ bao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ tou̯³³ paːu̯³⁵/

Noun

吃到飽

1. all-you-can-eat; buffet

   吃到飽餐廳／吃到饱餐厅  ―  chīdàobǎo cāntīng  ―  All you can eat restaurants

   • 「吃到飽」餐廳是餐飲業的「金雞母」 [MSC, trad.]
     「吃到饱」餐厅是餐饮业的「金鸡母」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021 May 20, 江明晏, 餐飲金雞母飛了 吃到飽餐廳不敵疫情紛停業

     “chīdàobǎo” cāntīng shì cānyǐnyè de “jīnjīmǔ” [Pinyin]

     "All you can eat" restaurants are cash cows for catering industry.

2. (figurative, Taiwan) unlimited service plans, particularly for mobile Internet service

   499網路吃到飽／499网路吃到饱  ―  499 wǎnglù chīdàobǎo  ―  499 dollars for unlimited Internet service

   • 499吃到飽方案引發申辦熱潮 [MSC, trad.]
     499吃到饱方案引发申办热潮 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018 May 23, 朱則瑋, 499吃到飽之亂 NCC罰中華電信200萬元

     499 chīdàobǎo fāng'àn yǐnfā shēnbàn rècháo [Pinyin]

     499 dollars for unlimited (Internet service) plan has made an application upsurging.

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		自助餐
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	自助餐, 吃到飽, buffet
Cantonese	Hong Kong	buffet, 自助餐, 任食, 放題 Japanese

Dialectal synonyms of 自助餐 (“buffet”) [map]