肥雞餐

Chinese

		fat; fertile; loose-fitting	fowl; chicken	eat; meal
trad. (肥雞餐/肥鷄餐)		肥	雞/鷄	餐
simp. (肥鸡餐)		肥	鸡	餐
Literally: “fat chicken meal”.

Etymology

Derived from 無情雞／无情鸡.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): fei⁴ gai¹ caan¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fei⁴ gai¹ caan¹
  - Yale: fèih gāi chāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei⁴ gai¹ tsaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi⁴ gei¹ can¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/

Noun

肥雞餐

(Cantonese, chiefly Hong Kong) voluntary severance package; golden handshake (a financial incentive offered to an employee in hopes that he/she will resign or retire)

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