Food, Shopping & Prices

飲食、購物和價錢

Order dim sum, navigate restaurants, shop at markets, discuss prices, and talk about cooking methods and tastes.

100 vocabulary cardsSource: Colloquial Cantonese Lessons 2, 6 & 11 · Basic Cantonese Unit 16

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sik6

Jyutping · verb

to eat

你食咗飯未?

Nei5 sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6?

Have you eaten yet?

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jam2

Jyutping · verb

to drink

你飲咩?

Nei5 jam2 me1?

What are you drinking?

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jiu3

Jyutping · verb

to want / to need / to order

我要一碗雲吞麵。

Ngo5 jiu3 jat1 wun2 wan4 tan1 min6.

I'd like a bowl of wonton noodles.

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maai5

Jyutping · verb

to buy

我去買嘢。

Ngo5 heoi3 maai5 je5.

I'm going shopping.

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maai6

Jyutping · verb

to sell

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caa4

Jyutping · noun

tea

飲茶係廣東文化。

Jam2 caa4 hai6 Gwong2 dung1 man4 faa3.

Yum cha is Cantonese culture.

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