柴米油鹽醬醋茶

Chinese

		firewood	rice; metre	oil; sly	salt	jam; thick sauce	vinegar	tea; tea plant
trad. (柴米油鹽醬醋茶)		柴	米	油	鹽	醬	醋	茶
simp. (柴米油盐酱醋茶)		柴	米	油	盐	酱	醋	茶
Literally: “firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea”.

Etymology

From a poem in the Yuan Dynasty dynasty play 劉行首／刘行首.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄘㄨˋ ㄔㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ mai⁵ jau⁴ jim⁴ zoeng³ cou³ caa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄘㄨˋ ㄔㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá
  - Wade–Giles: chʻai² mi³ yu² yen² chiang⁴ tsʻu⁴ chʻa²
  - Yale: chái mǐ yóu yán jyàng tsù chá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chair mii you yan jianq tsuh char
  - Palladius: чай ми ю янь цзян цу ча (čaj mi ju janʹ czjan cu ča)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caai⁴ mai⁵ jau⁴ jim⁴ zoeng³ cou³ caa⁴
  - Yale: chàaih máih yàuh yìhm jeung chou chàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ mai⁵ jau⁴ jim⁴ dzoeng³ tsou³ tsaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ mei⁵ yeo⁴ yim⁴ zêng³ cou³ ca⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ mɐi̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹ jiːm²¹ t͡sœːŋ³³ t͡sʰou̯³³ t͡sʰaː²¹/

Idiom

柴米油鹽醬醋茶

daily necessities

Synonyms

布帛菽粟 (bùbóshūsù)
必需品 (bìxūpǐn)
日常用品 (rìcháng yòngpǐn)
日用品 (rìyòngpǐn)
柴米油鹽／柴米油盐 (cháimǐyóuyán)
油鹽醬醋／油盐酱醋 (yóuyánjiàngcù)
生活用品 (shēnghuó yòngpǐn)
用物 (yòngwù) (literary)
粟帛 (sùbó) (literary)
薪水 (xīnshuǐ) (literary)
開門七件事／开门七件事 (kāimén qī jiàn shì)

See also

開門七件事／开门七件事 (kāimén qī jiàn shì)

References

劉行首第二折

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