菜飯

菜飯

See also: 菜饭

Chinese

		dish (type of food); vegetables	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (菜飯)		菜	飯
simp. (菜饭)		菜	饭
anagram		飯菜／饭菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): càifàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄈㄢˋ

• Min Nan (POJ): chhài-pn̄g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: càifàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: càifàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴-fan⁴
    • Yale: tsài-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayfann
    • Palladius: цайфань (cajfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fän⁵¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-pn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tshài-pn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'png
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴² pŋ̍²²/

Noun

菜飯

1. rice or millet with vegetables
2. (Singapore) economy rice

   • uncle我真的很愛你　因為你煮的菜飯又好吃又那麼便宜 [Singaporean Mandarin, trad.]
     uncle我真的很爱你　因为你煮的菜饭又好吃又那么便宜 [Singaporean Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2021, Annette Lee and Benjamin Kheng, 这个那个 (The Caifan Song)

     uncle wǒ zhēnde hěn ài nǐ, yīnwèi nǐ zhǔ de càifàn yòu hǎochī yòu nàme biànyí [Pinyin]

     uncle, I really love you, because your cai fan is both delicious and cheap

Synonyms

• (Economy rice): (Hong Kong) 兩餸飯／两𩠌饭

Descendants

• → English: cai png, cai fan