# 中餐
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhōngcān
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄘㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^1$ caan$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-chhôn
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-chhan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dong$^1$ cang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngcān
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄘㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhongcan
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^1$-tsʻan$^1$
*** Yale: jūng-tsān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtsan
*** Palladius: чжунцань (čžuncanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^1$ caan$^1$
*** Yale: jūng chāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^1$ tsaan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^1$ can$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-chhôn
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung$^ˊ$ con$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^1$ con$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chhan
*** Tâi-lô: tiong-tshan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diongzhafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ t͡sʰan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dong$^1$ cang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong tshang
*** Sinological IPA : /toŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰaŋ³³/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

中餐
* Chinese cuisine; Chinese food

##### Synonyms

* 中國菜／中国菜 (Zhōngguócài)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 中餐, 中國菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 中餐, 中國菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 中餐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 中餐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唐餐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 中餐, 中菜, 唐餐 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唐餐 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 漢席 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 中國菜 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 咱儂菜 |

##### Antonyms

* 大菜 (dàcài)
* 大餐 (dàcān)
* 西菜 (xīcài)
* 西餐 (xīcān)

##### Derived terms

* 中餐廳／中餐厅 (zhōngcāntīng)
* 中餐館／中餐馆 (zhōngcānguǎn)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

中餐
* lunch

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 午飯, 午餐, 午膳, 中餐, 中飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 午飯, 晌午飯, 晌飯, 早飯 first meal in a two meal system |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 午餐, 午飯, 中餐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 晌午飯, 晌飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 午餐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 午飯, 晌午飯, 中午飯 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 晌飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 晌午飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 晌午飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 晌午飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 晌午 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 中飯, 晌午飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 晌午飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 晌午 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 晌午飯, 中午飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 晌午, 午飯, 中飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 中飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 午飯, 中飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 晌午飯, 晌午 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 中飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 中飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 中飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 晏晝飯, 晏晝, 晏 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 晏晝飯, 晏晝, 晏, 中午飯, 午餐, lunch |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 早飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 早朝 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 早朝, 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 早朝 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 早朝 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 晏 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 晝飯, 中飯 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 晝飯 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 中飯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 晝 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 晏晝 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 晝 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 晝 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 晏晝 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 晏晝 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 晏晝 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 晝 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 晝飯 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 晌午飯, 中午飯 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 晌午飯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 晝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 晝 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 晝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 下晝頓, 日晝頓, 中晝頓, 下晝, 日晝, 中晝, 晝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 下晝頓, 日晝頓, 下晝, 日晝, 晝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 下晝頓, 日晝頓, 中晝頓, 下晝, 日晝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 中晝飯, 中晝頓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 日晝頓, 日晝, 下晝頓, 下晝, 下晡頓 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 日晝頓, 日晝, 下晝頓, 下晝 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 日晝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 日晝飯 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 日晝, 日晝飯, 日晝頓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 下旰飯 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 日晝糜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 日晝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 日晝糜, 日晝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 日頭晝糜, 日晝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 日晝, 日晝飯 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 早飯 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 中飯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 點心 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 中飯 |
| Wu | Danyang | 晝飯, 中飯 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 中飯 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 晝飯, 晝過飯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 日晝, 日晝廚 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 午飯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 中飯 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 中飯 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 中飯, 晌飯, 晚飯 second meal in a two meal system |