柴米

柴米

Chinese

		firewood	rice; meter
simp. and trad. (柴米)		柴	米

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháimǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ mai⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): chhâ-bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cháimǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairmii
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai⁴ mai⁵
    • Yale: chàaih máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ mei⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːi̯²¹ mɐi̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ-bí
    • Tâi-lô: tshâ-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zha'bie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ bi⁴¹/

Noun

柴米

1. firewood and rice
2. (figuratively) daily necessities