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”.

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

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

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