菜餚

See also: 菜肴

Chinese

		dish (type of food); vegetables	meat dishes
trad. (菜餚)		菜	餚
simp. (菜肴)		菜	肴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): càiyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ ngaau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-hâu / chhài-ngâu / chhài-gâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: càiyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: càiyáo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴-yao²
    • Yale: tsài-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayyau
    • Palladius: цайяо (cajjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ ngaau⁴
    • Yale: choi ngàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ ngaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ ngao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ ŋaːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-hâu
    • Tâi-lô: tshài-hâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'haau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ hau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-ngâu
    • Tâi-lô: tshài-ngâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaengaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ ŋãu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ ŋãu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ ŋãu²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ ŋãu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-gâu
    • Tâi-lô: tshài-gâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'gaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡau²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 菜餚

1. vegetable and meat dishes

Usage notes

There is no exact equivalent for English food in Chinese. The most generic term for food is 食物 (shíwù). Use 食品 (shípǐn) for food products, 菜餚／菜肴 (càiyáo) for dishes of food, 美食 (měishí) when the taste of the food is emphasised and 吃的 (chīde) in colloquial contexts. For food as in cuisine, consider 菜 (cài) or 料理 (liàolǐ).

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