小菜一碟

Chinese

		appetizer; small side dish	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	dish; plate
trad. (小菜一碟)		小菜	一	碟
simp. #(小菜一碟)		小菜	一	碟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎocàiyīdié

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² coi³ jat¹ dip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎocàiyīdié [Phonetic: xiǎocàiyìdié]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎocàiyidié
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tsʻai⁴-i¹-tieh²
    • Yale: syǎu-tsài-yī-dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautsayidye
    • Palladius: сяоцайиде (sjaocajide)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎocàiyīdiér [Phonetic: xiǎocàiyìdiér]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄝˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎocàiyidiér
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tsʻai⁴-i¹-tieh²-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-tsài-yī-dyér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautsayidye'l
    • Palladius: сяоцайидер (sjaocajider)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ti̯ɛɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² coi³ jat¹ dip⁶
    • Yale: síu choi yāt dihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tsoi³ jat⁷ dip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² coi³ yed¹ dib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ tiːp̚²/

Idiom

小菜一碟

1. a piece of cake; something very easy to accomplish

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 碎料

See also

• 易如反掌 (yìrúfǎnzhǎng)
• (Cantonese) 濕碎／湿碎, 易過借火／易过借火, 濕濕碎／湿湿碎, 話咁易／话咁易, 話都冇咁易／话都冇咁易