食碗內說碗外

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	bowl; cup	inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	bowl; cup	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (食碗內說碗外)		食	碗	內	說	碗	外
simp. (食碗内说碗外)		食	碗	内	说	碗	外
alternative forms		食碗裡說碗外／食碗里说碗外

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi seh óaⁿ-gōa / chia̍h óaⁿ-lǎi serh óaⁿ-gōa / chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi soeh óaⁿ-gōa

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi seh óaⁿ-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h uánn-lāi seh uánn-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah voaflai seq voafgoa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²² se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡua²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h óaⁿ-lǎi serh óaⁿ-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h uánn-lǎi serh uánn-guā
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² uã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai²² sə(ʔ)⁵ uã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡua⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi soeh óaⁿ-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h uánn-lāi sueh uánn-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah voaflai soeq voafgoa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lai³³ sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡua³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²² sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡua²²/

Idiom

食碗內說碗外

1. (Hokkien) to be ungrateful; to bite the hand that feeds one

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吃裡扒外 (“to live off someone while helping others; to repay a kindness by stabbing someone in the back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吃裡扒外
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吃裡扒外
	Taiwan	吃裡扒外
Mandarin	Singapore	吃裡扒外
Cantonese	Guangzhou	食碗面反碗底
	Hong Kong	食碗面反碗底
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	家神透外鬼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	家神透外鬼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	家神透外鬼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	家神透外鬼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	家神透外鬼
Southern Min	Xiamen	食碗內說碗外, 食碗內講碗外
	Quanzhou	食碗內說碗外
	Zhangzhou	食碗內說碗外
	Tainan	食碗內洗碗外, 食碗內說碗外