Word: 要饭 (yàofàn) Traditional: 要飯 要饭 dictionary entry yàofàn to beg (for food or money) Full dictionary entry for 要饭 Example sentences using 要饭 3 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 照例，这种药要饭后吃。 Zhàolì, zhèzhǒng yào yàofàn hòu chī. As a rule, this medicine is taken after meals. 要饭的借算盘,穷有穷打算 yàofàn de jiè suànpán,qióng yǒu qióng dǎsuàn a beggar borrows an abacus: the poor have their own calculations 要饭的起五更,穷忙 yàofàn de qǐwǔgēng,qióngmáng a beggar gets up at the fifth watch: busy because poor