做菜

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (做菜)		做	菜
simp. #(做菜)		做	菜
alternative forms		作菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ coi³
• Jin (Wiktionary): zueh⁴ cai³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zo³ cai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòcài
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohtsay
    • Palladius: цзоцай (czocaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ coi³
    • Yale: jouh choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zueh⁴ cai³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suəʔ² t͡sʰai⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zo³ cai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsò tshài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai²¹³/

Verb

做⫽菜 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to cook

Synonyms

• 做飯／做饭 (zuòfàn)
• 搣食 (Hakka)
• 料理 (liàolǐ)
• 烹調／烹调 (pēngtiáo)
• 烹飪／烹饪 (pēngrèn)
• 調羹／调羹 (tiáogēng) (literary, figurative)