粗茶淡飯

粗茶淡飯

See also: 粗茶淡饭

Chinese

		coarse; rough; thick coarse; rough; thick; unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude	tea; tea plant
trad. (粗茶淡飯)		粗	茶	淡飯
simp. (粗茶淡饭)		粗	茶	淡饭
Literally: “course tea and scanty meals”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cūchádànfàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨ ㄔㄚˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹ caa⁴ daam⁶ faan⁶, cou¹ caa⁴ taam⁵ faan⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû-chhà-thâm-fan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cūchádànfàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨ ㄔㄚˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuchardannfann
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou¹ caa⁴ daam⁶ faan⁶, cou¹ caa⁴ taam⁵ faan⁶
    • Yale: chōu chàh daahm faahn, chōu chàh táahm faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹ tsaa⁴ daam⁶ faan⁶, tsou¹ tsaa⁴ taam⁵ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou¹ ca⁴ dam⁶ fan⁶, cou¹ ca⁴ tam⁵ fan⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰäː²¹ täːm²² fäːn²²/, /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰäː²¹ tʰäːm¹³ fäːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-chhà-thâm-fan
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu´ caˇ tam´ fan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹ ca² tam¹ fan⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴ t͡sʰa¹¹ tʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ fan⁵⁵/

Idiom

粗茶淡飯

1. to lead a simple life; to live without without fancy food or drink