菜飯
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Shanghainese Caifan with Bok Choy.
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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): coi3 faan6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-pn̄g
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tshe-ve; 1tshe-ve
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coi3 faan6
- Yale: choi faahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi3 faan6
- Guangdong Romanization: coi3 fan6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ faːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-pn̄g
- Tâi-lô: tshài-pn̄g
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'png
- IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴² pŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Wu
Noun
菜飯
- rice or millet with vegetables
- (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.]
- 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
- uncle, I really love you, because your cai fan is both delicious and cheap
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.]
- (originally Northern Wu) Caifan (a Jiangnan rice dish cooked with leafy greens, sometimes soybeans, other root vegetables, cured or fresh meat)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 雜菜飯 (“economy rice”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 雜菜飯, 經濟飯 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 菜飯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 兩餸飯 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 雜飯 | |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 經濟飯 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 菜飯 | |