炒魷

See also: 炒鱿

Chinese

		saute; pan-fry; to fry saute; pan-fry; to fry; fried	cuttlefish
trad. (炒魷)		炒	魷
simp. (炒鱿)		炒	鱿

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau² jau^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau² jau^4-2
    • Yale: cháau yáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau² jau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao² yeo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

炒魷

1. (Cantonese) Short for 炒魷魚 (“to fry squid; to sack”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 解僱 (“to terminate someone's employment; to fire; to sack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	解僱, 炒魷魚
	Singapore	開除, 炒魷魚
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	開銷
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	開銷, 開除
	Liuzhou	炒魷魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炒魷魚
	Hong Kong	炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 雞
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	除職
	Macau	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	辭退
	Foshan	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Shunde)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	唔使
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	炒魷魚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	炒魷魚
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	唔請
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	唔請
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	炒魷魚, 唔請
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	唔請
	Taishan	唔請, 炒魷魚, 炒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	唔請, 炒魷魚
	Enping (Niujiang)	唔請
	Heshan (Yayao)	辭工
	Dongguan	炒魷魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	炒魷魚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	炒魷魚
Gan	Pingxiang	開銷
Hakka	Meixian	辭退, 解僱, 炒魷魚
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	唔愛去做, 炒魷魚, 打豎鋪
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	炒魷魚
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	炒魷魚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	解僱
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	解僱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	解僱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	解僱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	解僱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	解僱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	辭
Southern Min	Xiamen	辭頭路, 辭, 齧拗, 齧捒
	Zhao'an	辭退
	Tainan	辭頭路
	Singapore (Hokkien)	卜頭路
	Shantou	解僱, 炒鰇魚
	Jieyang	清, 炒鰇魚
	Haifeng	炒鰇魚
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	除工
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	炒魷魚
Wu	Shanghai	炒魷魚
	Hangzhou	回報
Xiang	Changsha	開銷

Derived terms

• 豉椒炒魷／豉椒炒鱿