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Cantonese Food and Dining Vocabulary

Cantonese vocabulary for restaurant ordering, common dishes, and dining etiquette. Front: the Cantonese word or phrase in Chinese characters with Jyutping romanization in parentheses. Back: English meaning.

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白飯 (baak6 faan6)

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Cooked rice

魚 (jyu2)

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Fish

靚湯 (leng3 tong1)

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Good / delicious soup

肉 (juk6)

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Meat

菜 (coi3)

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Vegetables

叉燒 (caa1 siu1)

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Barbecued pork

燒賣 (siu1 maai2)

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Siu mai, a steamed pork dumpling

蝦餃 (haa1 gaau2)

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Har gow, a steamed shrimp dumpling

唔該畀個餐牌我 (m4 goi1 bei2 go3 caan1 paai2 ngo5)

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Please give me the menu

我食素 (ngo5 sik6 sou3)

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I am vegetarian

唔該埋單 (m4 goi1 maai4 daan1)

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The bill, please

呢個好辣 (nei1 go3 hou2 laat6)

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This is very spicy

甜品 (tim4 ban2)

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Dessert

蛋撻 (daan6 taat3)

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Egg tart

茶 (caa4)

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Tea

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