柴米油鹽

Chinese

		firewood	rice; metre	oil; sly	salt
trad. (柴米油鹽)		柴	米	油	鹽
simp. (柴米油盐)		柴	米	油	盐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháimǐyóuyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ mai⁵ jau⁴ jim⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ca⁵ bhi² iu⁵ iam⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháimǐyóuyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháimǐyóuyán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai²-mi³-yu²-yen²
    • Yale: chái-mǐ-yóu-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairmiiyouyan
    • Palladius: чаймиюянь (čajmijujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai⁴ mai⁵ jau⁴ jim⁴
    • Yale: chàaih máih yàuh yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ mai⁵ jau⁴ jim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ mei⁵ yeo⁴ yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ mɐi̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹ jiːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ca⁵ bhi² iu⁵ iam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâ bí iû iâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bi⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iam⁵⁵/

Idiom

柴米油鹽

1. Alternative form of 柴米油鹽醬醋茶／柴米油盐酱醋茶 (chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá)

Synonyms

• 布帛菽粟 (bùbóshūsù)
• 必需品 (bìxūpǐn)
• 日常用品 (rìcháng yòngpǐn)
• 日用品 (rìyòngpǐn)
• 柴米油鹽醬醋茶／柴米油盐酱醋茶 (chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá)
• 油鹽醬醋／油盐酱醋 (yóuyánjiàngcù)
• 生活用品 (shēnghuó yòngpǐn)
• 用物 (yòngwù) (literary)
• 粟帛 (sùbó) (literary)
• 薪水 (xīnshuǐ) (literary)
• 開門七件事／开门七件事 (kāimén qī jiàn shì)