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
Min Nan (POJ): chhài-hâu / chhài-ngâu / chhài-gâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: càiyáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄧㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayyau
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ i̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi³ ngaau⁴
  - Yale: choi ngàauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ ngaau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi³ ngao⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːy̯³³ ŋäːu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-hâu
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-hâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'haau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ haʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ haʊ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-ngâu
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-ngâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaengaau
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ ŋãʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ ŋãʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ ŋãʊ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ ŋãʊ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-gâu
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-gâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'gaau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ gaʊ²⁴/

Noun

菜餚

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).