Chinese Word Entry

殘茶剩飯

Simplified Chinese form: 残茶剩饭

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄔㄚˊ ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄢˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): cán chá shèng fàn
Cantonese (Jyutping): caan4 caa4 sing6 faan6
Definitions:
  1. spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal

  2. crumbs from the feast


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Chinese characters used in this word

leftover, remain, balance, injure, spoil, oppress, broken
Readings
Mandarin: ㄘㄢˊ (cán)
Cantonese: caan4
Japanese: ザン (zan)、 サン (san) / のこ.る (nokoru)、 のこ.す (nokosu)、 そこな.う (sokonau)、 のこ.り (nokori)
Korean: 잔 (jan)
Vietnamese: tàn, thàn
Variants
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Simplified Japanese form:

tea
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄚˊ (chá)
Cantonese: caa4
Japanese: チャ (cha)、 サ (sa)、 タ (ta) / ちゃ (cha)
Korean: 다 (da), 차 (cha)
Vietnamese: trà

leftovers, residue, remains
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕㄥˋ (shèng)
Cantonese: sing6
Japanese: ジョウ (jou) / あまつさえ (amatsusae)、 あま.り (amari)、 あま.る (amaru)
Korean: 잉 (ing)
Vietnamese: thặng
Variants
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Semantic variant form:

meal, boiled rice, cooked rice, food
Readings
Mandarin: ㄈㄢˋ (fàn)
Cantonese: faan6
Japanese: ハン (han)、 ボン (bon) / めし (meshi)
Korean: 반 (ban)
Vietnamese: phạn, phãn
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