See also Restaurant and Kitchenware.
| bon appétit! | 食飯 | sIk fan Lit. eat rice |
| drink | y m ![[mnemonic]](mem.gif){kind=small} I'm drinking... yum! |
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| eat | sIk I ate so much, I got sick. |
| full | 飽 | bau |
| hungry | 肚餓 | tou o |
| thirsty | 口渴 | hu hok |
| burned | lUng |
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| cold | 凍 | dUng |
| cooked | 熟 | sUk |
| delicious | 好食 | hou sIk Lit. good to eat |
| fresh | 生鮮 | sn sin |
| gone bad | 變壞 | bin wai |
| good | dzen |
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| hot | 熱 | yit |
| makes me salivate, just seeing it | 見到都流口水 | gin dou dou lu hou söü |
| raw | 生 | san |
| smells good | 香 | hœng |
| tasty | 好味 | hou mei |
| warm | lün |
| vegetarian | 素食 素菜 |
sou sIk sou tsoi |
| to be vegetarian | 食齋 | sIk dzai (also used for Buddhists) |
| alcohol | 酒（精） | dzu (dzIng) |
| alcoholic beverage | 酒類 | |
| beer | 啤酒 | be dzu (MW: glass 杯 bui, bottle dzön) |
| caffeine | 咖啡因 | ga fe yn |
| coffee | 咖啡 | ga fe (MW: cup bui) |
| hot chocolate | yit dzü gu lIk |
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| juice | 汁 | dzp (MW: glass 杯 bui, bottle dzön) |
| milk | 奶 | lai (MW: glass 杯 bui) |
| milkshake | 奶昔 | lai sIk |
| soy milk | 豆漿 | du dzœng (MW: glass 杯 bui) |
| water | söü (MW: glass 杯 bui) |
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| wine | (pou tou) dzu |
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| red wine | hUng dzu |
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| white wine | bat dzu |
| tea | 茶 | tsa (MW: cup bui) chai tea |
| black tea | (the older the better) | |
| Lapsang Souchong | 正山小種 | dzIng san siu dzon (bright reddish-orange with a distinctive and assertive smoky, camp fire flavour, from the Fujian province in China, withered over cypress or pine wood fires, aged in in wooden barrels and hung in bamboo baskets over smoky pine) |
| Pu'er tea* | 普洱茶 | bou lei tsa (often pressed into brick shape, made in Yunnan province) |
| Pu'er and camomile* | 菊普 | gUk bou |
| camomile tea | gUk fa tsa |
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| fennel tea | wui hœng tsa |
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| ginger tea | gœng tsa |
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| green tea* | 綠茶 | lUk tsa (baked immediately after picking, new or fresh tea is better) |
| dragon well tea* | 龍井 | lUng dzen (produced in Longjing village near the West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang) |
| herbal tea | lœng tsa (usually medicinal) |
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| jasmine tea | 茉莉 | |
| kava kava tea | ||
| lavender tea | ||
| lemon tea | 檸茶 | lIng (mUng) tsa |
| Oolong tea* | 烏龍茶 | wu lUng tsa Lit. dark dragon (an excellent combination of the freshness of green tea and the fragrance of black tea, it is grown on cliffs) |
| red tea | 紅茶 | (semi-fermented) |
| Tieguanyin tea* | 鐵觀音茶 | tit gun ym tsa (produced in Anxi County, Fujian) |
| Sau Mei tea* | 壽眉 | su mei (bitter flavour) |
| sweet herb tea | m fa tsa Lit. five flowers tea |
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| tea with cream/milk | 奶茶 | |
| tea leaves | 茶葉 |
* These teas are the most commonly available in a Cantonese tea house.
| pop/soda/soft drink | 汽水 | hei söü |
| cola/coke | 可樂 | ho lok |
| Coca-Cola | 可口可樂 | ho hu ho lok |
| lemon Coke | 檸樂 | |
| Pepsi | 百事（可樂） | bat si (ho lok) |
| Fanta | 芬達 | fn dat (similar to Orange Crush) |
| 7 Up | 七喜 | tst hei |
| Sprite | 雪碧 | süt bIk |
| breakfast | ||
| dinner/supper | man fan |
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| lunch | an fan |
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| have lunch | sIk an |
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| dim sum | dim sm |
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| salad | sa löt |
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| soup | 湯 | ton (MW: bowl wun) wonton soup |
| sushi | su si |
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| pizza | pi sa (MW: slice fai) |
| fruit | 生果 | san go |
| apple | 蘋果 | pIng go
playing table tennis with an apple, it goes ping-gaw, not ping pong!
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| apricot | hn |
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| banana | 香蕉 | hœng dziu the hung Jew has a big "banana" |
| blueberry | lam mui Lit. blue berry |
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| cantaloupe | 哈蜜瓜 | ha mt gwa |
| cherry | 車厘子 | tse lei dzi |
| coconut | 椰子 | ye dzi |
| durian | 榴蓮 | lu lin |
| fig | 無花果 | mou fa go |
| grapefruit | 西柚 | si yu |
| grapes | 提子 | ti dzi |
| guava | 番石榴 | fan sek lu |
| honeydew melon | 蜜瓜 | mt gwa |
| kiwi | 奇異果 | kei yi go |
| lemon | 檸檬 | lIng mUng |
| lime | 青檸 | tsen lIng |
| longan | 龍眼 | lUng an |
| lychee | 荔枝 | li dzi |
| mango | 杧果 | mon go |
| melon | 瓜 | gwa |
| orange | 橙 | tsan Pat sang with an orange in her mouth |
| papaya | 木瓜 | mUk gwa |
| peach | 桃 | tou |
| pear | 梨 | lei lay down pear slices on the pie |
| persimmon | tsi |
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| pineapple | 菠蘿 | bo lo |
| plum | 李 | lei |
| raspberry | hUng mui Lit. red berry |
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| starfruit | 楊桃 | yœng tou |
| strawberry | 士多啤厘 | si do be lei |
| tangerine | 柑 | gm |
| watermelon | 西瓜 | si gwa |
| vegetable | so tsoi |
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| asparagus | lou sön |
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| beans | du |
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| bok choy | bat tsoi Lit. white vegetable |
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| broccoli | si lan fa |
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| cabbage | ye tsoi |
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| carrot | hUng lo bat |
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| cauliflower | ye tsoi fa |
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| celery | si kn |
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| corn | sUk mi (MW: cob tiu) |
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| cucumber | tsen gwa Lit. green cucumber |
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| eggplant | i gwa Lit. short gourd |
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| green onion | tsUng |
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| lettuce | san tsoi |
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| mushroom | ||
| white button | mo gu |
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| dried shiitake | dUng gu |
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| black fungus | mUk yi Lit. wood ear |
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| olive | gam lan |
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| onion | yœng tsUng |
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| peas | du |
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| potato | sü dzi |
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| pumpkin | lam gwa Lit. southern gourd |
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| seaweed | hoi dai Lit. sea ribbon dzi tsoi (Japanese nori) Lit. purple vegetable |
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| snow peas | ho lan du Lit. Dutch (Holland) peas |
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| spinach | bo tsoi |
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| sweet potato | fan sü Lit. barbarian potato |
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| tomato | fan ke these tomatoes are funky! |
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| turnip | ||
| yam | fan sü Lit. barbarian potato |
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| zucchini | siu wu gwa Lit. small barbarian gourd |
| rice | fan (MW: bowl wun) growing rice on your farm |
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| fried rice | tsau fan |
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| bread | min bau (MW: slice fai, loaf tiu, bun go) |
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| flour | min fn flour is the fun ingredient in noodles! |
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| noodles | min mean noodles attacked her |
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| fried noodles | tsau min |
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| instant noodles | dzIk sIk min Lit. immediately-eat noodles |
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| rice noodles | lai fn ; tsœng fn |
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| steamed bun | bau |
| meat | yUk you killed the animal |
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| almonds | ln yn |
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| beef | ||
| cashews | yiu go |
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| chicken | gi yUk |
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| duck | ||
| egg | dan (MW: dzek) |
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| nuts | go yn |
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| peanuts | fa sn |
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| pork | dzü yUk |
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| tofu | 豆腐 | du fu |
| turkey | ||
| walnuts | hp tou |
| fish | 魚 | yü (MW: tiu) |
| calamari | 魷魚 | yu yü |
| eel | man |
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| lobster | 龍蝦 | lUng ha (MW: dzek) |
| salmon | 三文魚 | sam mn yü (MW: tiu) |
| shrimp | 蝦 | ha |
| tentacles | (calamari) yu yü sou |
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| tuna | 吞拿魚 | tn la yü |
| sugar | ton pour sugar on your tongue |
| cake | dan gou |
| chocolate | dzü gu lIk |
| honey | mt ton |
| butter | u yu |
| cheese | dzi si |
| cream | lai yu |
| ice cream | süt gou |
| margarine | dzIk mt yu |
| yoghurt | sün lai |
| garlic | sün tu (MW: head go, clove 粒 lp) |
| ginger | gœng |
| ketchup | ke dzp |
| mustard | |
| MSG | mei dzIng |
oil | yu |
| olive oil | gam lam yu |
| oyster sauce | hou yu |
| pepper | wu dziu fn |
| salt | yim |
| kitchen | |
| supermarket | tsiu si |
| restaurant | tsan ten dz u lu (Chinese) |
| bake | gUk |
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| bake by slow fire | wui |
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| barbecue | siu hau |
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| boil | gwn |
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| braise | pa |
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| deep fry | dza |
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| fry, sauté | dzin |
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| grill | siu |
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| marinate | lou |
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| microwave | mei bo lou |
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| roast | hau |
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| simmer | mn |
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| smoked | fn |
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| steam | dzIng |
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| stew | hUng siu |
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| stir fry | tsau |
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