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): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāchángbiànfàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄔㄤˊ 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

1. homely food; simple home-style meal
2. (figurative) common occurrence; usual practice; routine