嘗鮮

See also: 尝鲜

Chinese edit

		to taste; flavour; indicator of past tense to taste; flavour; indicator of past tense; already; ever; once; test; formerly	few; rare; fresh
trad. (嘗鮮/嚐鮮)		嘗/嚐	鮮
simp. (尝鲜)		尝	鲜

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chángxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chángsian
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang²-hsien¹
  - Yale: cháng-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngshian
  - Palladius: чансянь (čansjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁴ sin¹
  - Yale: sèuhng sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ siːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sion⁵ cin¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siôⁿ tshiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩõ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ³³/

嘗鮮

to taste fresh food; to taste a delicacy; to taste what is just in season
(figurative) to have a taste or peek of what a new thing looks like; to seek excitement