八大菜系

bādàcàixì

noun

Meanings

1 the Eight Great Cuisines of China

Characters

system; lineage

Examples

川菜是八大菜系之一。

Chuāncài shì bādàcàixì zhīyī.

Sichuan cuisine is one of the Eight Great Cuisines.

他对八大菜系都很了解。

Tā duì bādàcàixì dōu hěn liǎojiě.

He's well versed in all eight great cuisines.

Tips

culture

The eight are 川 (Sichuan), 鲁 (Shandong), 粤 (Cantonese), 苏 (Jiangsu), 浙 (Zhejiang), 闽 (Fujian), 湘 (Hunan), 徽 (Anhui). The classification crystallized during the Qing and was popularized in the 1980s.

Stroke Order

八 bā

大 dà

菜 cài

系 xì