吃喝玩樂

See also: 吃喝玩乐

Chinese

	food and drink; diet; to eat and drink	to play around; to disport oneself
trad. (吃喝玩樂)	吃喝	玩樂
simp. (吃喝玩乐)	吃喝	玩乐
Literally: “eat, drink, play and be merry”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīhēwánlè

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄏㄜㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ hot³ wun⁶ lok⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chīhēwánlè
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄏㄜㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhewanleh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xɤ⁵⁵ u̯a̠n³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: chīhēwánrlè
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄏㄜㄨㄢˊㄦㄌㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhewalleh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xɤ⁵⁵ wɑɻ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ hot³ wun⁶ lok⁶
  - Yale: hek hot wuhn lohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ hot⁸ wun⁶ lok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ hod³ wun⁶ log⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ hɔːt̚³ wuːn²² lɔːk̚²/

Idiom

吃喝玩樂

to eat, drink and be merry; to seek pleasure instead of doing work

他不務正業，天天就知道吃喝玩樂。 [MSC, trad.]
他不务正业，天天就知道吃喝玩乐。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā bùwùzhèngyè, tiāntiān jiù zhīdào chīhēwánlè. [Pinyin]
He won't do an honest day's work, and instead spends his days just having fun.

Usage notes

Unlike the equivalent English idiom, "eat drink and be merry", in some contexts this Chinese expression conveys a negative impression of shirking honest work to seek pleasure.

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