川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽

Traditional form:

川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽

Pinyin (reading):

Chuān Lǔ Yuè Sū Zhè Mǐn Xiāng Huī

Definitions:

• the cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui (the eight major cuisines of China 八大菜系 (bādàcàixì))

Characters:

• 川 - stream, river
• 鲁 - foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar
• 粤 - Cantonese; Guandong province
• 苏 - to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations
• 浙 - the Zhejiang province; a river
• 闽 - Fujian province; a river; a tribe
• 湘 - Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river
• 徽 - badge, crest, logo, insignia

Traditional characters:

• 川 - stream, river
• 魯 - foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar
• 粵 - Cantonese; Guandong province
• 蘇 - to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations
• 浙 - the Zhejiang province; a river
• 閩 - Fujian province; a river; a tribe
• 湘 - Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river
• 徽 - badge, crest, logo, insignia