小吃

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
simp. and trad. (小吃)		小	吃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎochī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² hek³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shiau-chiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎochī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎochih
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻih¹
    • Yale: syǎu-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauchy
    • Palladius: сяочи (sjaoči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² hek³
    • Yale: síu hek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² hég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hɛːk̚³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiau-chiq
    • MiniDict: shiau^去 chih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-qiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

小吃

1. simple dish

   街頭小吃／街头小吃  ―  jiētóu xiǎochī  ―  street food

   小吃店  ―  xiǎochī diàn  ―  small restaurant, local eatery

2. delicacy

   沙縣小吃／沙县小吃  ―  Shāxiàn xiǎochī  ―  Shaxian delicacies

3. snack food (something eaten outside of normal meals, may be substantial or filling)

   風味小吃／风味小吃  ―  fēngwèi xiǎochī  ―  local snack

4. (chiefly Western cuisine) cold dish

Synonyms

• 小食 (xiǎoshí)
• (Hokkien) 小點／小点

Derived terms

• 名小吃 (míngxiǎochī)
• 小吃攤／小吃摊 (xiǎochītān)
• 小吃部