# 菜餚
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): càiyáo
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): coi$^3$ ngaau$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-hâu / chhài-ngâu / chhài-gâu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: càiyáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: càiyáo
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻai$^4$-yao$^2$
*** Yale: tsài-yáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayyau
*** Palladius: цайяо (cajjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coi$^3$ ngaau$^4$
*** Yale: choi ngàauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi$^3$ ngaau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: coi$^3$ ngao$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ ŋaːu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-hâu
*** Tâi-lô: tshài-hâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'haau
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hau²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ hau²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-ngâu
*** Tâi-lô: tshài-ngâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaengaau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ ŋãu²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ ŋãu¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ ŋãu²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ ŋãu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-gâu
*** Tâi-lô: tshài-gâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'gaau
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡau²⁴/

### Noun

菜餚
* vegetable and meat dishes

#### Usage notes

There is no exact equivalent for English food in Chinese. The most generic term for food is 食物 (shíwù). Use 食品 (shípǐn) for food products, 菜餚／菜肴 (càiyáo) for dishes of food, 美食 (měishí) when the taste of the food is emphasised and 吃的 (chīde) in colloquial contexts. For food as in cuisine, consider 菜 (cài) or 料理 (liàolǐ).

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 菜餚, 菜品, 菜蔬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 菜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 菜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 下飯菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 菜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 菜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 餸, 餸菜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 餸, 餸菜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 餸菜 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 餸, 餸菜 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) | 菜餸 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 菜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 菜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 菜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 菜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 菜 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 菜 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 菜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 配 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 配飯菜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 乇配 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 物配, 菜配, 菜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 物配, 菜 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 菜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 物配 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 物配, 菜配 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 物配 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 配 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 配 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 物配 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 物配 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 物配, 配 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 物配 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 菜 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 配 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 配 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小菜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小菜 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 鹹酸 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 下飯 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 配, 餚配 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 菜 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 菜 |