中華料理

See also: 中华料理

Chinese

			to arrange; to handle; to cook
trad. (中華料理)		中華	料理
simp. (中华料理)		中华	料理

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 中華料理 (chūka ryōri).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōnghuá liàolǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ waa⁴ liu⁶ lei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá liàolǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhonghuá liàolǐ
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-hua² liao⁴-li³
  - Yale: Jūng-hwá lyàu-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jonghwa liawlii
  - Palladius: Чжунхуа ляоли (Čžunxua ljaoli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ waa⁴ liu⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: jūng wàh liuh léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ waa⁴ liu⁶ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ wa⁴ liu⁶ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ waː²¹ liːu̯²² lei̯¹³/

Noun

中華料理

(chiefly in Japanese contexts) Chinese food

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	華	料	理
ちゅう Grade: 1	か Grade: S	りょう Grade: 4	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 中華 (chūka, “China”) +‎ 料理 (ryōri, “cooking, cuisine”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅうかりょーり [chùúká ryóꜜòrì] (Nakadaka – [4])^[2]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːka̠ ɾʲo̞ːɾʲi]

Noun

中(ちゅう)華(か)料(りょう)理(り) • (chūka ryōri) ^{←ちゆうくわれうり (tyuukwa reuri)^?}

Chinese food

Usage notes

This term may be abbreviated to 中(ちゅう)華(か) (chūka).

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN