八大菜系

bādàcàixì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Eight Great Cuisines of China

Examples

HSK 3
Tā duì bādàcàixì dōu hěn liǎojiě.
He's well versed in all eight great cuisines.
HSK 7-9
Chuāncài shì bādàcàixì zhīyī.
Sichuan cuisine is one of the 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