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菜鳥

菜鳥

See also: 菜鸟

Chinese

		(dialectal) bad; inferior; useless (dialectal) bad; inferior; useless; stupid	bird
trad. (菜鳥)		菜	鳥
simp. (菜鸟)		菜	鸟

Noun

菜鳥

(slang) newbie; novice; beginner

Synonyms

新手 (xīnshǒu)

Derived terms

菜鳥仔／菜鸟仔

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): càiniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ niu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): chhài-chiáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: càiniǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayneau
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: càiniǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayneaul
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ njaʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi³ niu⁵
  - Yale: choi níuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ niu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ niːu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-chiáu
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-tsiáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaeciao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕiaʊ⁴¹/