好逸惡勞

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	escape; leisurely; outstanding	evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated	toil
trad. (好逸惡勞)		好	逸	惡	勞
simp. (好逸恶劳)		好	逸	恶	劳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàoyìwùláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄧˋ ㄨˋ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ jat⁶ wu³ lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàoyìwùláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄧˋ ㄨˋ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàoyìwùláo
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-i⁴-wu⁴-lao²
    • Yale: hàu-yì-wù-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawyihwuhlau
    • Palladius: хаоиулао (xaoiulao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou³ jat⁶ wu³ lou⁴
    • Yale: hou yaht wu lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ jat⁹ wu³ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou³ yed⁶ wu³ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ jɐt̚² wuː³³ lou̯²¹/

Idiom

好逸惡勞

1. (derogatory) to indulge in comfort and despise laboring

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好吃懶做, 好逸惡勞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	好吃懶做
	Taiwan	好吃懶做
	Singapore	好吃懶做
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	奸饞實懶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好食懶飛
	Hong Kong	好食懶飛, 好食懶做
Gan	Pingxiang	好吃死懶
Hakka	Meixian	好食懶做, 好食懶
	Xingning	好食懶做
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	好食懶做
	Yudu	好食懶做
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	好食懶做, 吂食肚飢，食飽懶屍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	好食懶做, 無食肚飢，食飽懶屍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	好食懶做, 吂食肚飢，食飽懶屍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	好食懶做, 吂食肚飢，食飽懶屍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	好食懶做, 吂食肚飢，食飽懶屍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	愛食懶屍做
Southern Min	Xiamen	欲食毋做, 欲食毋振動, 食欲好，做欲輕可, 食飯三戰呂布，做事桃花搭渡, 食飯三戰呂布，做事桃花撐搭渡, 食飯大碗公，做工課閃西風, 食飯大碗公，做事閃西風, 食飯食碗公，做穡閃西風, 食飯食碗公，做穡洩屎風, 食飯用碗公，做代誌閃西風, 食飯三碗公，作穡閃西風
	Quanzhou	欲食毋振動, 食欲好，做欲輕可, 食飯三戰呂布，做事桃花搭渡, 食飯大碗公，做工課閃西風
	Zhangzhou	欲食毋振動, 食欲好，做欲輕可, 食飯三戰呂布，做事桃花搭渡, 食飯大碗公，做工課閃西風
	Tainan	欲食毋振動, 食欲好，做欲輕可
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食欲好，做要輕可, 食飯大碗公，做事閃西風, 食飯三戰呂布，做工桃花搭渡
	Longyan	好食懶
	Shantou	好食惰做
	Jieyang	力食惰作, 惰作力食, 好食惰作
	Haikou	力食惰作
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	勤吃懶做

Dialectal synonyms of 好吃懶做 (“to love ease and be averse to work”) [map]