炒冷飯

See also: 炒冷饭

Chinese

		saute; pan-fry; to fry saute; pan-fry; to fry; fried	cold cooked rice; leftover cooked rice
trad. (炒冷飯)		炒	冷飯
simp. (炒冷饭)		炒	冷饭
Literally: “to stir-fry cold rice”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎo lěngfàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau² laang⁵ faan⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshau ⁶lan-ve

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǎo lěngfàn [Phonetic: cháolěngfàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎo lěngfàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao³ lêng³-fan⁴
    • Yale: chǎu lěng-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chao leengfann
    • Palladius: чао лэнфань (čao lɛnfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau² laang⁵ faan⁶
    • Yale: cháau láahng faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau² laang⁵ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao² lang⁵ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ laːŋ¹³ faːn²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshau ⁶lan-ve
    • MiniDict: tshau^去 lan^去 ve
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshau ³lan-ve
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴  lã²² ve⁴⁴/

Verb

炒⫽冷飯 (verb-object)

1. (colloquial, idiomatic) to do something over and over again; to rehash

   你真的在炒冷飯，什麼新的東西都不學。 [MSC, trad.]
   你真的在炒冷饭，什么新的东西都不学。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zhēnde zài chǎo lěngfàn, shénme xīn de dōngxī dōu bù xué. [Pinyin]

   You're just content to stay where you are, not learning anything new.

2. (Shanghainese) to bring up the past

Synonyms

• (to rehash): (Hokkien) 熥凊糜 (thn̄g-chhìn-bê)

See also

• (Shanghainese) 炒冷飯頭／炒冷饭头