家常便飯

Chinese

		daily trivial affairs within a family; small talk; chit-chat	ordinary meal; simple meal; home cooking ordinary meal; simple meal; home cooking; potluck
trad. (家常便飯)		家常	便飯
simp. (家常便饭)		家常	便饭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāchángbiànfàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ soeng⁴ bin⁶ faan⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-siông-piān-pn̄g / kee-siâng-piān-pūiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāchángbiànfàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiachángbiànfàn
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-chʻang²-pien⁴-fan⁴
  - Yale: jyā-cháng-byàn-fàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiacharngbiannfann
  - Palladius: цзячанбяньфань (czjačanbjanʹfanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ fän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa¹ soeng⁴ bin⁶ faan⁶
  - Yale: gā sèuhng bihn faahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ soeng⁴ bin⁶ faan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ sêng⁴ bin⁶ fan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ sœːŋ²¹ piːn²² faːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-siông-piān-pn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: ka-siông-piān-pn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kasiongpiexnp'ng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ²³⁻³³ piɛn³³⁻²¹ pŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² piɛn⁴¹⁻²² pŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ piɛn³³⁻¹¹ pŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² piɛn²²⁻²¹ pŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee-siâng-piān-pūiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kee-siâng-piān-puīnn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² siaŋ¹³⁻²² piɛn²²⁻²¹ puĩ²²/

Idiom

家常便飯

typical meal at home; simple home-style meal
(figurative) common occurrence; usual practice; routine