菜鳥

菜鳥

See also: 菜鸟

Chinese

		(dialectal) bad; inferior; useless (dialectal) bad; inferior; useless; stupid	bird; penis
trad. (菜鳥)		菜	鳥
simp. (菜鸟)		菜	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): càiniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ niu⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): chhài-chiáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: càiniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayneau
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: càiniǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayneaul
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ njaʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ niu⁵
    • Yale: choi níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ niu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ niːu̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-chiáu
    • Tâi-lô: tshài-tsiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaeciao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴¹/

Noun

菜鳥

1. (slang) newbie; novice; beginner

Synonyms

• 新手 (xīnshǒu)

Derived terms

菜鳥仔／菜鸟仔