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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: 餐 cān |
Breakfast: 早餐 zǎocān |
Lunch: 午餐 wǔcān |
Dinner: 晚餐 wǎncān |
| Salad: 沙律 shā lǜ |
Sugar: 糖 táng |
Salt: 鹽 yán |
Orange juice: 橙汁 chéngzhī |
| Soda: 汽水 qìshuǐ |
Coffee: 咖啡 kāfēi |
Tea: 茶 chá |
Fish: 魚 yú |
| Meat: 肉 ròu |
Chicken: 雞 jī |
Pizza: 薄餅 báobǐng |
Eggs: 蛋 dàn |
| Sandwich: 三文治 sānwènzhì |
Ice cream: 雪糕 xuěgāo |
Water: 水 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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