小菜一碟
Chinese
appetizer; small side dish | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
dish; plate | ||
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trad. (小菜一碟) | 小菜 | 一 | 碟 | |
simp. #(小菜一碟) | 小菜 | 一 | 碟 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎocàiyidié
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-tsʻai4-i1-tieh2
- Yale: syǎu-tsài-yī-dyé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautsayidye
- Palladius: сяоцайиде (sjaocajide)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄝˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎocàiyidiér
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-tsʻai4-i1-tieh2-ʼrh
- Yale: syǎu-tsài-yī-dyér
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautsayidye'l
- Palladius: сяоцайидер (sjaocajider)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ti̯ɛɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
小菜一碟
- a piece of cake; something very easy to accomplish
Synonyms
- (Cantonese) 碎料