柴米油鹽醬醋茶
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[edit]firewood | rice; metre | oil; sly | salt | jam; thick sauce | vinegar | tea; tea plant | ||
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trad. (柴米油鹽醬醋茶) | 柴 | 米 | 油 | 鹽 | 醬 | 醋 | 茶 | |
simp. (柴米油盐酱醋茶) | 柴 | 米 | 油 | 盐 | 酱 | 醋 | 茶 | |
Literally: “firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea”. |
Etymology
[edit]From a poem in the Yuan Dynasty dynasty play 劉行首/刘行首.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄘㄨˋ ㄔㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá
- Wade–Giles: chʻai2 mi3 yu2 yen2 chiang4 tsʻu4 chʻa2
- Yale: chái mǐ yóu yán jyàng tsù chá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chair mii you yan jianq tsuh char
- Palladius: чай ми ю янь цзян цу ча (čaj mi ju janʹ czjan cu ča)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caai4 mai5 jau4 jim4 zoeng3 cou3 caa4
- Yale: chàaih máih yàuh yìhm jeung chou chàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai4 mai5 jau4 jim4 dzoeng3 tsou3 tsaa4
- Guangdong Romanization: cai4 mei5 yeo4 yim4 zêng3 cou3 ca4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ mɐi̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹ jiːm²¹ t͡sœːŋ³³ t͡sʰou̯³³ t͡sʰaː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]柴米油鹽醬醋茶
Synonyms
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- Chinese terms spelled with 茶
- Chinese juxtapositional idioms