Chinese Word Entry

一口吃個胖子

Simplified Chinese form: 一口吃个胖子

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄎㄡˇ ㄔ ㄍㄜ˙ ㄆㄤˋ ㄗ˙
Mandarin (Pinyin): yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat1 hau2 hek3 go3 bun6 zi2
Definitions:
  1. lit to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)

  2. fig to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible

  3. to be impatient for success


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Chinese characters used in this word

one, one radical (no.1), a, an, alone
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧ (yī)
Cantonese: jat1
Japanese: イチ (ichi)、 イツ (itsu) / ひと- (hito-)、 ひと.つ (hitotsu)、 ひとたび (hitotabi)、 はじめ (hajime)
Korean: 일 (il)
Vietnamese: nhất
Variants
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mouth, open end, entrance, gate
Readings
Mandarin: ㄎㄡˇ (kǒu)
Cantonese: hau2
Japanese: コウ (kou)、 ク (ku) / くち (kuchi)
Korean: 구 (gu)
Vietnamese: khẩu

stammer, eat, drink, suffer, endure, bear
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔ (chī), ㄐㄧˊ (jí), ㄑㄧ (qī)
Cantonese: hek3
Japanese: キツ (kitsu) / ども.る (domoru)
Korean: 흘 (heul)
Vietnamese: cật, khật
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individual, counter for articles, numerary adjunct, piece, single
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄜˋ (gè), ㄍㄜ˙ (ge), ㄍㄜˇ (gě)
Cantonese: go3
Japanese: コ (ko)、 カ (ka) / こ (ko)
Korean: 개 (gae)
Vietnamese:
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half a sacrifice, ribs, abundant, plentiful, fat, obese, fatty
Readings
Mandarin: ㄆㄤˋ (pàng), ㄆㄢˊ (pán), ㄆㄢˋ (pàn)
Cantonese: bun6
Japanese: ハン (han) / ゆたか (yutaka)、 かたみ (katami)
Korean: 반 (ban)
Vietnamese: bàn, phán, bỡn

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac, offspring, fruit, seed of, 1st terrestrial branch
Readings
Mandarin: ㄗˇ (zǐ), ㄗˊ (zí), ㄗ˙ (zi)
Cantonese: zi2
Japanese: シ (shi)、 ス (su)、 ツ (tsu) / こ (ko)、 -こ (-ko)、 ね (ne)、 み (mi)、 おとこ (otoko)
Korean: 자 (ja)
Vietnamese: tử, tý, tí
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