斷炊

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	dress food; to steam; to cook food
trad. (斷炊)		斷	炊
simp. (断炊)		断	炊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànchuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄔㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun⁶ ceoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): toǎn-chhui / toān-chhui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànchuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄔㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànchuei
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-chʻui¹
    • Yale: dwàn-chwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannchuei
    • Palladius: дуаньчуй (duanʹčuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun⁶ ceoi¹
    • Yale: dyuhn chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn⁶ tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün⁶ cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn²² t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toǎn-chhui
    • Tâi-lô: tuǎn-tshui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tuan²² t͡sʰui³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toān-chhui
    • Tâi-lô: tuān-tshui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxnzhuy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tuan²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰui⁴⁴/

Verb

斷炊

1. to be poor to the point of running out of rice and fuel; to be poor to the point of being unable to keep the pot boiling

Synonyms

• 斷頓／断顿 (duàndùn)
• (Hokkien) 斷火薰／断火薰, 吊鼎