快餐

Chinese

		fast; quick; swift	eat; meal
trad. (快餐)		快	餐
simp. #(快餐)		快	餐

Etymology

Calque of English fast food.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàicān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄘㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faai³ caan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fai¹ tan^1*

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoài-chhan
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵khua-tshoe₁

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàicān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄘㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàican
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴-tsʻan¹
    • Yale: kwài-tsān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuaytsan
    • Palladius: куайцань (kuajcanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faai³ caan¹
    • Yale: faai chāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faai³ tsaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fai³ can¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːi̯³³ t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fai¹ tan^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fai³³ tʰan³³⁻³³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoài-chhan
    • Tâi-lô: khuài-tshan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoaezhafn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰan³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰuai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khua-tshoe₁
    • MiniDict: khua^去 tshoe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khua-tshoe₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰua³³ t͡sʰø⁴⁴/

Noun

快餐

1. (chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong) fast food
2. (slang, sex work) quick service

Synonyms

• (fast food): 速食 (sùshí), (Shanghainese) 洋快餐

Derived terms

• 快餐吧 (kuàicānbā)
• 快餐店 (kuàicāndiàn)