菜單

See also: 菜单

Chinese

		dish (type of food); vegetables	bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain
trad. (菜單)		菜	單
simp. (菜单)		菜	单
Literally: “dish list”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): càidān

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄢ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): цэдан (cedan, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ daan¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-toaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cai³ duan¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tshe-te

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: càidān
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: càidan
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴-tan¹
    • Yale: tsài-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaydan
    • Palladius: цайдань (cajdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ tän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: càidānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: càidanr
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴-tan¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: tsài-dānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaydal
    • Palladius: цайданьр (cajdanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ tɑɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: цэдан (cedan, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴ tæ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ daan¹
    • Yale: choi dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ taːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-toaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshài-tuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'dvoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tuã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ tuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ tuã⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cai³ duan¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshài tuaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tũã³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshe-te
    • MiniDict: tshe^去 te
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshe-te
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe³³ te⁴⁴/

Noun

菜單

1. menu (selection of dishes) (Classifier: 張／张)

   請給我菜單。／请给我菜单。  ―  Qǐng gěi wǒ càidān.  ―  Could I see the menu, please.

2. (chiefly Mainland China, computing) menu (list from which the user may select an operation to be performed) (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

• (selection of dishes): 菜譜／菜谱 (càipǔ), 食單／食单 (shídān)
• (list from which the user may select an operation to be performed): (Taiwan and Hong Kong) 選單／选单 (xuǎndān)