自助餐

Chinese

		to help oneself; to serve oneself; buffet	eat; meal
trad. (自助餐)		自助	餐
simp. #(自助餐)		自助	餐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìzhùcān

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄘㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ zo⁶ caan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-chō͘-chhan / chīr-chō͘-chhan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìzhùcān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄘㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjhùcan
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chu⁴-tsʻan¹
    • Yale: dz̀-jù-tsān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjuhtsan
    • Palladius: цзычжуцань (czyčžucanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ zo⁶ caan¹
    • Yale: jih joh chāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dzo⁶ tsaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ zo⁶ can¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡sɔː²² t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-chō͘-chhan
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-tsōo-tshan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxzoxzhafn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-chō͘-chhan
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-tsōo-tshan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰan³³/

Noun

自助餐

1. buffet (food)

   無論你想吃中國菜還是日本料理，自助餐都會有你喜歡的。 [MSC, trad.]
   无论你想吃中国菜还是日本料理，自助餐都会有你喜欢的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wúlùn nǐ xiǎng chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ, zìzhùcān dōu huì yǒu nǐ xǐhuān de. [Pinyin]

   Whether you want Chinese or Japanese food, the buffet will have what you like.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 自助餐 (“buffet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		自助餐
Mandarin	Taiwan	自助餐, 吃到飽, buffet
Cantonese	Hong Kong	buffet, 自助餐, 任食, 放題 Japanese