柴米

Chinese

		firewood	rice; metre
trad. (柴米)		柴	米
simp. ^#(柴米)		柴	米

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cháimǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ mai⁵
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): chhâ-bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cháimǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cháimǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻai²-mi³
  - Yale: chái-mǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairmii
  - Palladius: чайми (čajmi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caai⁴ mai⁵
  - Yale: chàaih máih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ mai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ mei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ mɐi̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ-bí
  - Tâi-lô: tshâ-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zha'bie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ bi⁴¹/

Noun

柴米

firewood and rice
(figurative) daily necessities

Derived terms

不當家不知柴米貴／不当家不知柴米贵 (bù dāngjiā bùzhī cháimǐ guì)

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