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快餐

快餐

Chinese

		fast; quick; swift	eat; meal
simp. and trad. (快餐)		快	餐

Noun

快餐

fast food

Etymology

Calque of English fast food.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kuàicān

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄘㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faai³ caan¹
Min Nan (POJ): khoài-chhan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kuàicān
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄘㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuaytsan
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faai³ caan¹
  - Yale: faai chāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faai³ tsaan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːi̯³³ t͡sʰɑːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoài-chhan
  - Tâi-lô: khuài-tshan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoaezhafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰan⁴⁴/