炒飯

See also: 炒饭

Chinese

		saute; pan-fry; to fry saute; pan-fry; to fry; fried	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (炒飯)		炒	飯
simp. (炒饭)		炒	饭

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “origin of Taiwanese slang for “making love””)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎofàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˇ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caau² faan⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cau² fan⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chháu-fan
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhá-pn̄g / chhá-pūiⁿ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tshau-ve; ⁵tshau ⁶ve

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǎofàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˇ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎofàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao³-fan⁴
    • Yale: chǎu-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaofann
    • Palladius: чаофань (čaofanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau² faan⁶
    • Yale: cháau faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau² faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao² fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ faːn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cau² fan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵ fan³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chháu-fan
    • Hakka Romanization System: cau` fan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cau³ fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau̯³¹ fan⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá-pn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tshá-pn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafp'ng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá-pūiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshá-puīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafpvui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puĩ²²/
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ puĩ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshau-ve; ⁵tshau ⁶ve
    • MiniDict: tshau^去 ve; tshau^去 ve^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshau-ve; ²tshau ³ve
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɔ³³ ve⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴  ve²³/

Note:

• 2tshau ve - noun;
• 2tshau+3ve - verb.

Noun

炒飯

1. fried rice

Derived terms

• 印尼炒飯／印尼炒饭 (yìnní chǎofàn)
• 揚州炒飯／扬州炒饭 (Yángzhōu chǎofàn)
• 福建炒飯／福建炒饭 (Fújiàn chǎofàn)
• 西炒飯／西炒饭
• 闊佬炒飯／阔佬炒饭
• 鴛鴦炒飯／鸳鸯炒饭 (yuānyāng chǎofàn)

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: チャーハン (chāhan)
• → Spanish: chaufa (Latin America)

Verb

炒⫽飯 (verb-object)

1. to stir-fry rice
2. (Taiwan, colloquial) to have sex; to make love

Synonyms

• (to make love):

• 上床 (shàngchuáng) (figuratively)
• 交合 (jiāohé) (euphemistic)
• 交媾 (jiāogòu) (literary)
• 交接 (jiāojiē)
• 做愛／做爱 (zuò'ài)
• 去motel (Taiwan)
• 同房 (tóngfáng) (euphemistic)
• 啪啪 (pāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
• 啪啪啪 (pāpāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
• 嘿咻 (hēixiū) (slang)
• 執劑／执剂 (zap¹ zai¹) (Cantonese, slang, euphemistic)
• 屌閪／屌𲈹 (diu² hai¹) (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 性交 (xìngjiāo)
• 愛愛／爱爱 (ài'ài) (euphemistic)
• 戳屄 (Wu)
• 扑嘢 (bok¹ je⁵) (Cantonese, slang)
• 搞嘢 (gaau² je⁵) (Cantonese)
• 敦倫／敦伦 (dūnlún)
• 發生性行為／发生性行为 (fāshēng xìngxíngwéi)
• 相使 (Min Nan)
• 相姦／相奸 (Hokkien)
• 相箍 (Min Nan)
• 睡覺／睡觉 (euphemistic)
• 肏屄 (càobī) (vulgar, with a woman)
• 行埋 (haang⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
• 行房 (xíngfáng) (euphemistic, chiefly of a couple)
• 親熱／亲热 (qīnrè) (euphemistic)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炒	飯
ちゃー Hyōgaiji	はん Grade: 4
irregular	kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 炒飯 – see the following entry.

【チャーハン】 [noun] fried rice

(This term, 炒飯, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)