食皇家飯

Chinese
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 royal family; imperial household; imperial court
 
food; cuisine; cooked rice
food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (食皇家飯) 食 皇家 飯
simp. (食皇家饭) 食 皇家 饭

Etymology

From the fact that the meals in the prisons of Hong Kong were provided by the Hong Kong government, which was under the British government during colonial period.

Pronunciation

Verb

食⫽皇家飯 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese, slang, idiomatic) to live at Her Majesty's pleasure; to be imprisoned

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 坐牢 (“to be imprisoned”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 坐牢, 入獄, 下獄, 入監
Mandarin Beijing 蹲監獄
Taiwan 坐牢
Tianjin 蹲大獄, 蹲大牢
Langfang 蹲監
Tangshan 蹲監獄, 蹲大獄
Cangzhou 坐監獄, 坐班房兒, 坐班房
Baoding 坐監獄, 蹲監獄
Shijiazhuang 坐監獄
Daming 住監獄
Ulanhot 蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子
Tongliao 蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子
Chifeng 坐牢, 蹲監獄
Bayanhot 坐牢
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子
Harbin 蹲監獄, 蹲笆籬子, 坐牢
Shenyang 坐牢, 坐班房, 蹲笆籬子
Yantai (Muping) 坐監
Qingdao 坐牢, 坐監
Jinan 蹲監獄, 蹲班房, 坐監獄
Luoyang 鑽監, 坐牢, 坐班房兒
Wanrong 坐班
Zhengzhou 坐牢, 坐監
Xi'an 坐監, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐廳子 dated
Yinchuan 坐班房子, 蹲班房子, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐班房
Lanzhou 坐班房子, 坐班房, 坐牢, 蹲監獄, 坐監
Xining 坐牢, 坐班房
Ürümqi 坐牢, 坐監, 蹲監獄, 蹲班房子, 蹲笆籬子
Wuhan 坐牢, 坐班房
Huanggang 坐牢
Chengdu 坐班房, 進市大監, 坐監, 坐牢房, 坐牢, 上山
Guiyang 坐牢, 坐班房
Kunming 坐牢, 坐班房, 關監
Guilin 坐牢
Liuzhou 坐班房, 關螞蚱籠, 坐牢
Xuzhou 坐牢, 蹲, 蹲蹲兒, 蹲大圈兒
Yangzhou 坐牢
Nanjing 坐牢
Hefei 坐監獄
Nantong 坐監牢, 坐牢
Singapore 坐牢
Cantonese Guangzhou 坐監, 踎監, 踎格仔, 扽監, 食皇家飯, 食三兩, 坐花廳 dated
Hong Kong 坐監, 踎監, 入冊, 食皇家飯, 坐花廳 dated
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 坐籠
Macau 坐監
Guangzhou (Panyu) 坐監
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 坐監
Guangzhou (Conghua) 坐監
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 坐監
Foshan 坐監
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 坐監
Foshan (Shunde) 坐監
Foshan (Sanshui) 坐監
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 坐監
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 坐監
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 坐監
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 坐監
Zhuhai (Doumen) 坐監
Jiangmen (Baisha) 坐監
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 坐監
Taishan 坐監
Kaiping (Chikan) 坐監
Enping (Niujiang) 坐監
Heshan (Yayao) 坐監
Dongguan 坐監
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 坐監
Shaoguan 坐監
Yunfu 坐監
Yangjiang 坐監, 踎監
Xinyi 踎監
Lianjiang 坐監
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 食咖喱飯
Penang (Guangfu) 食咖喱飯
Singapore (Guangfu) 坐監, 食咖喱飯
Gan Nanchang 坐牢
Lichuan 坐牢
Pingxiang 坐班房
Hakka Meixian 坐監, 入監, 坐班房
Yudu 坐班房
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 坐管仔, 坐囹仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 坐監, 坐管仔, 坐囹仔, 㘔确仔飯
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 坐管仔, 坐囹仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 坐囹, 落囹, 坐監, 坐鹿櫥
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 坐管仔, 坐管, 坐囹仔, 坐囹
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 坐枷牢, 坐枷
Huizhou Jixi 坐監牢
Shexian 坐牢, 坐監牢
Jin Taiyuan 蹲班房, 坐牢
Xinzhou 住禁閉, 坐監牢, 坐牢, 坐班房, 住監
Taibus (Baochang) 坐監獄
Linhe 坐大獄, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐班房子
Jining 坐牢, 坐班房
Hohhot 坐牢, 蹲監獄, 坐監, 坐班房
Baotou 坐牢
Dongsheng 坐禁閉
Haibowan 坐牢
Zhangjiakou 坐牢, 坐監獄, 蹲監獄, 坐住監獄
Handan 坐監獄, 坐房子
Northern Min Jian'ou 坐牢
Eastern Min Fuzhou 坐監牢
Fuqing 坐監牢
Southern Min Xiamen 坐監, 關監, 入監
Quanzhou 坐監, 關監, 入監
Zhangzhou 坐班, 坐監, 坐館, 關監, 入監, 摔櫳仔子, 相籠仔子, 相籠仔, 食無錢飯
Kaohsiung 坐獄
Yilan 坐監
Changhua (Lukang) 坐監
Taichung 坐監
Taichung (Wuqi) 坐監
Tainan 食館仔飯
Taitung 坐監
Hsinchu 坐監
Penghu (Magong) 予儂關
Penang (Hokkien) 坐跤跔, 食吉靈仔飯
Singapore (Hokkien) 坐監, 關監, 釘鏈
Manila (Hokkien) 坐跤跔
Longyan 關監
Chaozhou 坐監
Shantou 坐監
Jieyang 坐監
Singapore (Teochew) 釘鏈
Leizhou 坐監, 捆監
Haikou 坐監
Singapore (Hainanese) 坐監
Puxian Min Putian 關監獄
Xianyou 關監獄
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 坐監, 踎監, 踎墩, 坐牢
Wu Shanghai 坐牢監, 吃官司, 吃蘿蔔乾飯
Shanghai (Chongming) 坐監牢
Suzhou 吃官司, 坐監牢
Danyang 坐監, 坐監牢
Hangzhou 坐牢監, 吃官司
Ningbo 坐牢監, 坐監牢
Wenzhou 坐牢監, 坐班房
Jinhua 坐牢
Xiang Loudi 坐牢, 坐班房
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