前菜

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (前菜)		前	菜
simp. #(前菜)		前	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáncài

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ coi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáncài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáncài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: chyán-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyantsay
    • Palladius: цяньцай (cjanʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ coi³
    • Yale: chìhn choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

Noun

前菜

1. appetizer; hors d'oeuvre; antipasto (small, light first course)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	菜
ぜん Grade: 2	さい Grade: 4
goon	on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんさい [zèńsáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃sa̠i]

Noun

前(ぜん)菜(さい) • (zensai) ^{←ぜんさい (zensai)?}

1. appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre (small, light first course)

   Synonym: オードブル (ōdoburu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
前	菜

Noun

前菜 • (jeonchae) (hangeul 전채)

1. Hanja form^? of 전채 (“appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre (small, light first course)”).