Where does “中華料理” come from?

中華料理 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 中華 — China; Chinese.

中華料理 (Japanese): Chinese food

Definitions

  1. Chinese food

Ancestry of “中華料理”, step by step

中華料理 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 中華

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese中華China; Chinese

via Japanese 料理

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese料理cooking; to cook, to prepare; to deal with, to...
Every word from Japanese 中華