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Cantonese Food

This is a list of food in Cantonese. This can be very useful when going to the supermarket to buy groceries or simply when asking for breakfast.

Milk: 牛奶
niúnǎi
Butter: 牛油
niú yóu
Cheese: 芝士
zhīshì
Bread: 麵包
miànbāo
Meal:
cān
Breakfast: 早餐
zǎocān
Lunch: 午餐
wǔcān
Dinner: 晚餐
wǎncān
Salad: 沙律
shā lǜ
Sugar:
táng
Salt:
yán
Orange juice: 橙汁
chéngzhī
Soda: 汽水
qìshuǐ
Coffee: 咖啡
kāfēi
Tea:
chá
Fish:

Meat:
ròu
Chicken:

Pizza: 薄餅
báobǐng
Eggs:
dàn
Sandwich: 三文治
sānwènzhì
Ice cream: 雪糕
xuěgāo
Water:
shuǐ
Food: 食物
shíwù

These samples show how food items can be incorporated into a sentence in Cantonese. You will also be able to express your feelings of hunger or thirst.

I'm hungry: 我好肚餓
wǒ hǎo dù è
Are you thirsty?: 你口唔口渴?/你頸唔頸渴?
nǐ kǒu wú kǒu kě?/Nǐ jǐng wú jǐng kě?
Do you have a bottle of water?: 你有冇一樽水?
Nǐ yǒu mǎo yī zūnshuǐ?
Breakfast is ready: 早餐準備好啦
Zǎocān zhǔnbèi hǎo la
What kind of food do you like?: 你鐘意食咩嘢?
nǐ zhōngyì shí miē yě?
I like cheese: 我鐘意食芝士
Wǒ zhōngyì shí zhīshì

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