tin4 baau2填飽填饱

Jyutpingtin4 baau2

Yaletìhn báau

動詞Uncommon

Definition

To eat until one is full or to fill one's stomach.

colloquialfooddaily actions

How it's used

Focuses specifically on the act of filling the stomach to capacity, often implying a sense of necessity or urgency. It is frequently used when someone needs energy to perform a task or when they have been neglecting their meals. Unlike simply saying 食飽, this term emphasizes the process of stuffing or filling the stomach as a container.

Examples

faai3快di1啲sik6食laa1啦，tin4填baau2飽go3個tou5肚sin1先hou2好zou6做je5嘢。

Eat up, fill your stomach before you start working.

nei5你tin4填baau2飽zo2咗go3個tou5肚mei6未aa4呀？

Have you filled your stomach yet?

Common phrases

tin4填baau2飽go3個tou5肚

to fill one's stomach

Common mistake

Do not confuse this with the Mandarin term 填飽, which is less common in daily Cantonese speech compared to the more natural 食飽. Using it too frequently can sound slightly more descriptive or literary than the standard colloquial way of talking about being full.