叉燒

See also: 叉焼, and 叉烧

Chinese

		to cross; be stuck; to diverge to cross; be stuck; to diverge; to open (as legs); fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect	to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever
trad. (叉燒)		叉	燒
simp. (叉烧)		叉	烧

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāshāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄕㄠ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caa¹ siu¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ca¹ siau^1*

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhah-sio / chha-sio
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tshaq-sau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāshāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄕㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chashao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-shao¹
    • Yale: chā-shāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chashau
    • Palladius: чашао (čašao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹ siu¹
    • Yale: chā sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ca¹ siau^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa³³ siau³³⁻³³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhah-sio
    • Tâi-lô: tshah-sio
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhahsioy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sio⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha-sio
    • Tâi-lô: tsha-sio
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhasioy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ siɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sio⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tshaq-sau
    • MiniDict: tshah^入 sau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tshaq-sau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰaʔ³³ sɔ⁴⁴/

Note: 7tshaq sau — see 插燒.

Noun

叉燒

1. char siu; barbecued pork (Classifier: 嚿 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 叉燒 (“char siu; barbecued pork”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		叉燒
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	叉燒
	Singapore	叉燒
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	叉燒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	叉燒, 插燒 dated
	Hong Kong	叉燒
	Macau	叉燒
	Taishan	叉燒
	Dongguan	叉燒
	Singapore (Guangfu)	叉燒
Southern Min	Xiamen	插燒
	Penang (Hokkien)	叉燒
	Manila (Hokkien)	叉燒
	Haikou	赤燒
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	叉燒
Wu	Shanghai	插燒
	Ningbo	插燒

Derived terms

• 叉燒包／叉烧包 (chāshāobāo)
• 叉燒酥／叉烧酥 (chāshāosū)
• 叉燒餐包／叉烧餐包 (chāshāo cānbāo)
• 生嚿叉燒好過生你／生嚿叉烧好过生你

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: tja sieuw
• → English: char siu
• → Japanese: チャーシュー (chāshū)
• → Khmer: ឆាស៊ីវ (chaasiiw)
• → Korean: 차슈 (chasyu)
• → Russian: чаша́о (čašáo)
• → Vietnamese: xá xíu

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English chance. Doublet of 餐屎 (caan¹ si²).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹ siu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹ siu¹
    • Yale: chā sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

叉燒

1. (Cantonese) chance

   食叉燒／食叉烧 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ caa¹ siu¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to seize a chance (literally, “to eat a char siu”)