粗茶淡飯

See also: 粗茶淡饭

Chinese

		coarse; rough; thick coarse; rough; thick; unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude	tea; tea plant	insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (粗茶淡飯)		粗	茶	淡	飯
simp. (粗茶淡饭)		粗	茶	淡	饭
Literally: “course tea and scanty meals”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cūchádànfàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨ ㄔㄚˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹ caa⁴ daam⁶ faan⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû-chhà-thâm-fan
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cou¹ dê⁵ dan⁶ bung⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cūchádànfàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨ ㄔㄚˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuchádànfàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu¹-chʻa²-tan⁴-fan⁴
    • Yale: tsū-chá-dàn-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuchardannfann
    • Palladius: цучаданьфань (cučadanʹfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou¹ caa⁴ daam⁶ faan⁶
    • Yale: chōu chàh daahm faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹ tsaa⁴ daam⁶ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou¹ ca⁴ dam⁶ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː²¹ taːm²² faːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-chhà-thâm-fan
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˊ ca^ˇ tam^ˊ fan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹ ca² tam¹ fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴ t͡sʰa¹¹ tʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ fan⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cou¹ dê⁵ dan⁶ bung⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshou tê tăⁿ pūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou³³⁻²³ te⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tã³⁵⁻¹¹ puŋ¹¹/

Idiom

粗茶淡飯

1. to lead a simple life; to live without fancy food or drink