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duck feet | 鴨腳 | aap-geuk | 01 - raw | Meat | Parts | Z-Others | P | |
stuffed duck's web in oyster sauce / duck feet roll | 鴨腳扎 | aap-geuk-jaat | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Roll | P | |
eggplant | 矮瓜 | ái-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | |
Chinese cabbage / white cabbage / pak choi / bok choy | 白菜 | baahk-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | P | |
small pak choi | 白菜仔 | baahk-choi-jái | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | P | P | |
plain congee | 白粥 | baahk-jûk | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Congee | ^ | P | |
turnip / Chinese radish | 白蘿蔔 | baahk-lòh-baahk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | |
sweet sponge cake | 白糖糕 | baahk-tòhng-gôu | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Steamed | P | |
octopus | 八爪魚 | baat-jáau-yùh | 01 - raw | Seafood | Boneless | ^ | P | |
Peking stuffed bun / Peking stuffed pancake | 北京餡餅 | bâk-gîng-háam-béng | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Northern style | ^ | P | |
pineapple | 菠蘿 | bô-lòh | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
cloth-wrapped bean curd | 布包豆腐 | bou-bâau-dauh-fuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean curd | ^ | P | |
plum (heart shape when compare to 'lei2') | 布 | bou-lâm | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
rice flour cake | 缽仔糕 | but-jái-gôu | 05 - buy in shops | Bakery etc. | Chinese | ^ | P | |
orange | 橙 | cháang | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
fried rice | 炒飯 | cháau-faahn | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried rice | ^ | P | |
fried fine rice noodles | 炒米 | cháau-máih | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried noodles | Fine rice noodles | P | P | |
fried fine rice noodles | 炒米粉 | cháau-máih-fán | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Z-Others | P | |
barbecued pork (roast a large piece of pork with a red barbecue sauce and slice it when served) | 叉燒 | châ-sîu | 02 - menu | Barbecued meat shop | Meat | Pork | P | P | |
barbecued pork bun | 叉燒飽 | châ-sîu-bâau | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Bun | P | |
rice rolls filled with barbecued pork | 叉燒腸 | châ-sîu-chéung | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Rice roll | P | |
barbecued pork pastry | 叉燒酥 | châ-sîu-sôu | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Pastry | ^ | P | |
soup noodles with assorted food / [literal] trolley style noodles (many years ago, hawkers sold noodles with assorted food in trolleys) | 車仔麵 | chê-jái-mihn | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Trolley style | ^ | P | P | |
garden peas / peas | 青豆 | chêng-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | |
green pepper | 青椒 | chêng-jîu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | |
green radish | 青蘿蔔 | chêng-lòh-baahk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | |
green apple | 青蘋果 | chêng-pìhng-gwó | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
rice flour roll / rice roll | 腸粉 | chéung-fán | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Rice roll | P | P | |
spring roll | 春卷 | chêun-gyún | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Deep-fried | ^ | P | |
multi-layered steamed cake / layered stuffed cake with egg-yolk | 千層糕 | chîn-chàhng-gôu | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Sweet | ^ | P | P | |
Fan Gwo / Chiu Chau dumpling / mixed dumpling (skin: starch, fillings: Ficus Tikaua 地瓜, port meat, dried shrimp, peanuts, scallion) | 潮州粉果 | chìuh-jâu-fán-gwó | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Dumpling | P | |
Choi Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage | 菜心 | choi-sâm | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
straw mushroom | 草菇 | chóu-gû | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | |
flat noodles | 粗麵 | chôu-mihn | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Noodles | ^ | P | |
spring onion pancake | 蔥油餅 | chûng-yàuh-béng | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Northern style | ^ | P | |
cake / sponge cake / [literal] egg cake | 蛋糕 | daahn-gôu | 05 - buy in shops | Bakery etc. | Cake | ^ | P | |
egg rolls | 蛋卷 | daahn-gyún | 05 - buy in shops | Junk food | Z-Others | ^ | P | P | |
agar / agar-agar | 大菜 | daaih-choi | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Vegetable | ^ | P | |
bean sprouts | 大豆芽 | daaih-dáu-ngàh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean sprout | ^ | P | P | |
Shanghainese crab | 大閘蟹 | daaih-jaahp-háaih | 01 - raw | Seafood | Shellfish | ^ | P | |
jack fruit | 大樹菠蘿 | daaih-syuh-bô-lòh | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
bean paste / hot bean paste with chillies | 豆瓣醬 | dauh-báan-jeung | 05 - buy in shops | Cooking needs | Sauce | Spicy | P | |
fried bean curd puff | 豆泡 | dauh-bôk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean curd | ^ | P | |
bean curd | 豆腐 | dauh-fuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean curd | ^ | P | |
bean curd jelly | 豆腐花 | dauh-fuh-fâ | 02 - menu | Dessert shop | Jelly / Pudding | ^ | P | P | |
string bean / long bean | 豆角 | dauh-gok | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | P | |
pea shoots | 豆苗 | dauh-mìuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | |
Chinese mushroom | 冬菇 | dûng-gû | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | P | |
custard apple | 番鬼荔枝 | fâan-gwái-laih-jî | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | P | |
tomato | 蕃茄 | fâan-ké | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | |
guava | 番石榴 | fâan-sehk-láu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
sweet potato | 番薯 | fâan-syú | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | |
sweet potato sweet soup | 蕃薯糖水 | fâan-syú-tòhng-séui | 02 - menu | Dessert shop | Sweet soup | Z-Others | P | P | |
chayote / choko / Buddha-hand melon | 佛手瓜 | faht-sáu-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | |
kudzu | 粉葛 | fán-got | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | |
bean thread / mung bean vermicelli | 粉絲 | fán-sî | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Beans / Bean products | ^ | P | P | |
bitter melon | 苦瓜 | fú-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | P | |
bean curd sheet | 腐竹 | fuh-jûk | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Vegetable | ^ | P | |
chicken feet | 鳳爪 | fuhng-jáau | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Food | P | |
fermented bean curd / Chinese cheese | 腐乳 | fuh-yúh | 05 - buy in shops | Cooking needs | Preserved | ^ | P | |
egg foo yung / egg fu yung / Chinese omelette | 芙蓉蛋 | fùh-yùhng-dáan | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Dishes | Egg | P | |
mustard green | 芥菜 | gaai-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
Chinese kale / Chinese broccoli | 芥蘭 | gaai-láan | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | P | |
wild rice shoots | 膠筍 | gâau-séun | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | |
small chicken bun | 雞飽仔 | gâi-bâau-jái | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Bun | P | |
bean curd roll with fish maw, chicken and ham | 雞扎 | gâi-jaat | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Roll | P | |
chicken cut into cubes | 雞球 | gâi-kàuh | 06 - terms | Menu | Dish name | Shape | P | |
tangerine / Mandarin orange / large tangerine (sweeter than orange / usually, the size is about two third of an orange) | 柑 | gâm | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | |
ox stomach | 金錢肚 | gâm-chìhn-tóuh | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Food | P | |
liquorice / liquorice root / licorice root / licorice | 甘草 | gâm-chóu | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese medicine | Plant | P | |
Japanese mushroom / long-rooted mushroom | 金菇 | gâm-gû | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | |
long yellow daylily / citron daylily (literal: golden needle) | 金針 | gâm-jâm | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | |
tangerine / small tangerine (very sour, people normally don't eat it, mainly available in Chinese new year only as it symbolise good omen / usually, the size is about one fifth of an orange) | 桔 | gât | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | |
deep-fried breaded pork chop (literal: culet pork chop) | 吉烈豬扒 | gât-liht-jyû-pá | 02 - menu | Hong Kong style cafe | Snack | Deep fried | P | |
Chinese box thorn | 枸杞 | gáu-géi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
ginger | 薑 | gêung | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | |
Worcestershire sauce | 急汁 | gîp-jâp | 05 - buy in shops | Cooking needs | Sauce | Sour | P | |
fried flat rice noodles with beef | 干炒牛河 | gôn-cháau-ngàuh-hó | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried noodles | Flat rice noodles | P | |
fried flat rice noodles with beef | 乾炒牛河 | gôn-cháau-ngàuh-hó | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried noodles | Flat rice noodles | P | |
fried E-fu noodles | 干燒伊麵 | gôn-sîu-yî-mihn | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried noodles | E-fu noodles | P | |
fried E-fu noodles | 乾燒伊麵 | gôn-sîu-yî-mihn | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried noodles | E-fu noodles | P | |
instant noodles (literal: doll noodles (`doll` is a brand name)) | 公仔麵 | gûng-jái-mihn | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Noodles | ^ | P | |
club sandwich | 公司三文治 | gûng-sî-sâam-màhn-jih | 02 - menu | Hong Kong style cafe | Snack | Sandwich | P | |
soup dumpling | 灌湯餃 | gun-tông-gáau | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Dumpling | P | |
melon seeds | 瓜子 | gwâ-jí | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Nuts / Seeds | ^ | P | |
glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in lotus leaves | 裹蒸粽 | gwó-jîng-júng | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Snack | ^ | P | P | |
shrimp / prawn | 蝦 | hâ | 01 - raw | Seafood | Shellfish | ^ | P | |
deep-fried round flour cake | 咸煎餅 | hàahm-jîn-béng | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Deep fried | P | |
pork puff (deep fried) | 咸水角 | hàahm-séui-gok | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Deep-fried | ^ | P | |
pork puff (deep fried) | 鹹水角 | hàahm-séui-gok | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Deep-fried | ^ | P | |
a preserved vegetable | 鹹酸菜 | hàahm-syûn-choi | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Vegetable | Preserved | P | P | P | |
shrimp dumpling | 蝦餃 | hâ-gáau | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Dumpling | P | |
dried shrimps | 蝦米 | hâ-máih | 01 - raw | Seafood | Dried goods | ^ | P | |
flat rice noodles | 河粉 | hó-fán | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Rice noodles | ^ | P | |
peas / garden peas / sugar peas | 荷蘭豆 | hòh-lâan-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | |
water spinach (grown on the land) | 旱甕 | hóhn-ung | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
double coconut | 海底椰 | hói-dái-yê | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Z-Others | ^ | P | |
jelly fish | 海蜇 | hói-jit | 01 - raw | Seafood | Boneless | ^ | P | |
sea cucumber | 海參 | hói-sâm | 01 - raw | Seafood | Dried goods | ^ | P | |
seafood and bean curd thick soup | 海鮮豆腐羹 | hói-sîn-dauh-fuh-gâng | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Soup | Thick soup | P | |
red sausage | 紅腸 | hùhng-chéung | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Trolley style | ^ | P | |
red bean | 紅豆 | hùhng-dáu | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Beans / Bean products | ^ | P | |
red bean sweet soup | 紅豆沙 | hùhng-dáu-sâ | 02 - menu | Dessert shop | Sweet soup | Z-Others | P | |
carrot | 紅蘿蔔 | hùhng-lòh-baahk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | |
braise (quick fried) / cooked in soya sauce | 紅燒 | hùhng-sîu | 06 - terms | Menu | Dish name | Way of cooking | P | |
plain rice roll | 齋腸 | jâai-chéung | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Steamed | P | |
deep-fried bean curd | 炸豆腐 | ja-dauh-fuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean curd | ^ | P | |
spicy shredded pork mixed with noodles | 炸醬麵 | ja-jeung-mihn | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Noodles with sauce | ^ | P | |
rice roll with deep fried bread stick | 炸兩 | ja-léung | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Z-Others | P | |
deep-fried won ton | 炸雲吞 | ja-wàhn-tân | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Snack | ^ | P | |
deep fried fish skin | 炸魚皮 | ja-yùh-pèih | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Deep fried | P | |
sauce in general | 醬油 | jeung-yàuh | 05 - buy in shops | Cooking needs | Sauce | ^ | P | |
sea weed | 紫菜 | jí-choi | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Vegetable | ^ | P | |
sesame steamed cake | 芝麻糕 | jî-màh-gôu | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Sweet | ^ | P | P | |
ground sesame sweet soup (literal: sesame paste) | 芝麻糊 | jî-màh-wú | 02 - menu | Dessert shop | Sweet soup | Z-Others | P | |
pan-fried rice roll | 煎腸粉 | jîn-chéung-fán | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Pan-fried | ^ | P | |
deep-fried sesame flour ball | 煎堆 | jîn-dêui | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Deep fried | P | |
pan-fried bean curd roll | 煎腐皮卷 | jîn-fuh-pèih-gyún | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Pan-fried | ^ | P | |
pan-fried glutinous rice dumpling | 煎糯米磁 | jîn-noih-máih-chìh | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Pan-fried | ^ | P | |
pan-fried three stuffed food | 煎釀三寶 | jîn-yeuhng-sâam-bóu | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Pan-fried | ^ | P | |
hairy melon / fuzzy melon / fury melon / apple cucumber | 節瓜 | jit-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | |
pepper | 椒 | jîu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | |
deep fry and add peppered salt | 椒鹽 | jîu-yìhm | 06 - terms | Menu | Dish name | Way of cooking - with dish names only | P | |
deep-fried squid with peppered salt | 椒鹽鮮魷 | jîu-yìhm-sîn-yáu | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Dishes | Seafood | P | |
congee / gruel / porridge | 粥 | jûk | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Congee | ^ | P | |
glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves | 粽 | júng | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Steamed | P | |
Chinese lettuce | 中國生菜 | jûng-gwok-sâang-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
harden pig blood | 豬紅 | jyû-hùhng | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Trolley style | ^ | P | P | |
pig skin | 豬皮 | jyû-pèih | 01 - raw | Meat | Parts | Chicken | P | |
pig tripe / pig stomach | 豬肚 | jyû-tóuh | 01 - raw | Meat | Organs | Pig | P | |
crispy shredded pork | 豬肉絲 | jyû-yuhk-sî | 05 - buy in shops | Junk food | Z-Others | ^ | P | |
crispy minced pork | 豬肉崧 | jyû-yuhk-sûng | 05 - buy in shops | Junk food | Z-Others | ^ | P | |
kiwi / kiwi fruit / Chinese gooseberry | 奇異果 | kèih-yih-gwó | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
eggplant (it's more formal when compare to 'ai2-gwa1') | 茄子 | ké-jí | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | |
cookies | 曲奇餅 | kûk-kèih-béng | 05 - buy in shops | Bakery etc. | Biscuit / Cracker / Cookie | ^ | P | |
Chinese pork sausage | 臘腸 | laahp-chéung | 01 - raw | Meat | Meat products | Sausage | P | |
Chinese sausage and preserved meat with glutinous rice | 臘味糯米飯 | laahp-méi-noh-máih-faahn | 02 - menu | Hong Kong style cafe | Rice - plain rice | Z-Others | P | |
Chinese preserved pork belly | 臘肉 | laahp-yuhk | 01 - raw | Meat | Meat products | Z-Others | P | |
spicy sauce | 辣醬 | laaht-jeung | 05 - buy in shops | Cooking needs | Sauce | Spicy | P | |
chilli / pepper | 辣椒 | laaht-jîu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | |
thick rice noodles | 瀨粉 | laaih-fán | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Rice noodles | ^ | P | |
durian | 榴蓮 | làuh-lìhn | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
dace ball | 鯪魚球 | lèhng-yùh-kàuh | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Meat ball | ^ | P | |
pear | 梨 | léi | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | P | P | |
plum | 李 | léi | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | P | |
chestnut | 栗子 | leuht-jí | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | |
lemon | 檸檬 | lìhng-mûng | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
lotus root | 蓮藕 | lìhn-ngáuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | P | |
turnip / oriental radish | 蘿蔔 | lòh-baahk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | |
turnip rice cake | 蘿蔔糕 | lòh-baahk-gôu | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Steamed cake | P | |
aloe | 蘆薈 | lòuh-wuih | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
green bean | 綠豆 | luhk-dáu | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Beans / Bean products | ^ | P | |
green bean sweet soup | 綠豆沙 | luhk-dáu-sâ | 02 - menu | Dessert shop | Sweet soup | Z-Others | P | |
longan | 龍眼 | lùhng-ngáahn | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
pomelo | 碌柚 | lûk-yáu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | |
steamed roll | 饅頭 | maahn-tàuh | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Northern style | ^ | P | |
eel | 鰻魚 | maahn-yùh | 01 - raw | Seafood | Fish | ^ | P | |
split-bean | 馬豆 | máh-dáu | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Beans / Bean products | ^ | P | |
sweeten crispy rice cake | 馬仔 | máh-jái | 05 - buy in shops | Junk food | Z-Others | ^ | P | |
oatmeal | 麥皮 | mahk-pèih | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Cereals / Grains | ^ | P | |
sponge cake | 馬拉糕 | máh-lâai-gôu | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Sponge cake | P | |
water chestnut | 馬蹄 | máh-tái | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | |
water chestnut cake | 馬蹄糕 | máh-tàih-gôu | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Steamed cake | P | |
honey melon | 蜜瓜 | maht-gwâ | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
honey snap peas / edible podded pea | 密糖豆 | maht-tòhng-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | |
fine rice noodles | 米粉 | máih-fán | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Rice noodles | ^ | P | P | |
chicken with fish maw | 棉花雞 | mìhn-fâ-gâi | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Food | P | |
papaya | 木瓜 | muhk-gwâ | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
pumpkin | 南瓜 | nàahm-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | |
egg custard bun | 奶皇包 | náaih-wòhng-bâau | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Bun | P | |
persimmon | 棯柿 | nàhm-chí | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
bean sprouts | 芽菜 | ngàh-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean sprout | ^ | P | |
bean sprouts | 銀芽 | ngàhn-ngàh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean sprout | ^ | P | |
ox tendon | 牛筋 | ngàuh-gân | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Meat | ^ | P | |
deep fried sweet flour stick | 牛酥 | ngàuh-leih-sôu | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Deep fried | P | |
ox tripe | 牛柏葉 | ngàuh-paak-yihp | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Food | P | P | |
avocado | 牛油果 | ngàuh-yàuh-gwó | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
crocodile meat | 鱷魚肉 | ngohk-yùh-yuhk | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Meat | ^ | P | |
glutinous rice with assorted meat and chicken inside in lotus leaves | 糯米雞 | noh-máih-gâi | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Glutinous rice | P | P | |
glutinous rice roll | 糯米卷 | noih-máih-gyún | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Roll | P | |
pork ribs | 排骨 | pàaih-gwât | 01 - raw | Meat | Meat | Pork | P | |
thousand-year egg / preserved egg (it's black in colour) | 皮蛋 | pèih-dáan | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Egg | ^ | P | |
preserved egg puff | 皮蛋酥 | pèih-dáan-sôu | 05 - buy in shops | Bakery etc. | Chinese | ^ | P | |
apple | 蘋果 | pìhng-gwó | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | |
Pu-erh tea | 普洱 | póu-léi | 04 - drinks | Drinks | Tea | Chinese tea | P | |
salmon | 三文魚 | sâam-màhn-yú | 01 - raw | Seafood | Fish | ^ | P | |
lettuce | 生菜 | sâang-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
mangosteen / manggis | 山竹 | sâan-jûk | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
beef ball (steamed minced beef ball with bean curd sheet) | 山竹牛肉 | sâan-jûk-ngàuh-yuhk | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Food | P | |
yam bean | 沙葛 | sâ-got | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | |
fried rice in western style | 西炒飯 | sâi-cháau-faahn | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried rice | ^ | P | |
watermelon | 西瓜 | sâi-gwâ | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
broccoli | 西蘭花 | sâi-làahn-fâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
sago dumpling | 西米角 | sâi-máih-gok | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Sweet | ^ | P | |
sago cake | 西米糕 | sâi-máih-gôu | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Sweet | ^ | P | |
prune | 西梅 | sâi-múi | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
lettuce / head lettuce | 西生菜 | sâi-sâang-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
grapefruit | 西柚 | sâi-yáu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
water cress | 西洋菜 | sâi-yèuhng-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
sushi | 壽司 | sauh-sî | 03 - menu - non Chinese | Asian | Japanese | ^ | P | |
snake soup | 蛇羹 | sèh-gâng | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Soup | Special soup | P | |
four season snap peas (plant in a green house) | 四季豆 | sei-gwai-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | |
soup dumpling | 水餃 | séui-gáau | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Dumpling | ^ | P | |
dumplings with noodles | 水餃麵 | séui-gáau-mihn | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Noodles in soup | Z-Others | P | |
crystal bun | 水晶包 | séui-jîng-bâau | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Sweet | ^ | P | |
good / bamboo shoot | 筍 | séun | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | P | |
silk gourd / angled luffa | 絲瓜 | sî-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | |
black bean and pepper | 豉椒 | sih-jîu | 06 - terms | Menu | Dish name | Condiment | P | |
fresh Chinese mushroom | 鮮冬菇 | sîn-dûng-gû | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | |
fried fine rice noodles in Singapore style | 星洲炒米 | sîng-jâu-cháau-máih | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried noodles | Fine rice noodles | P | |
bean curd roll (deep fried bean curd roll with pork, shrimp in oyster sauce ) | 鮮竹卷 | sîn-jûk-gyún | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Roll | P | |
roasted duck | 燒鴨 | sîu-aap | 02 - menu | Barbecued meat shop | Meat | Z-Others | P | P | |
celery cabbage / Tientsin cabbage | 紹菜 | siuh-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | P | |
roasted pig | 燒豬 | sîu-jyû | 02 - menu | Barbecued meat shop | Meat | Pork | P | |
Shanghainese pork dumpling | 小籠包 | síu-lùhng-bâau | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Bun | P | |
pork dumpling | 燒賣 | sîu-máai | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Dumpling | P | |
baby corn | 粟米芯 | sûk-máih-sâm | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | |
potato | 薯仔 | syùh-jái | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | |
hot and sour soup | 酸辣湯 | syûn-laaht-tông | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Northern style | ^ | P | |
ice-cream | 雪糕 | syut-gôu | 05 - buy in shops | Dairy products | Ice-cream etc. | ^ | P | |
a preserved vegetable | 雪裡紅 | syut-lèih-hùhng | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Vegetable | Preserved | P | |
silver fungus / snow fungus | 雪耳 | syut-yíh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | |
dried and sweeten winter melon | 糖冬瓜 | tòhng-dûng-gwâ | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese new year | ^ | P | |
sweeten carrot | 糖甘荀 | tòhng-gâm-séun | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese new year | ^ | P | |
sweeten small tangerine | 糖桔 | tòhng-gât | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese new year | ^ | P | |
sweeten ginger | 糖薑 | tòhng-gêung | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese new year | ^ | P | |
sweeten lotus seed | 糖蓮子 | tòhng-lìhn-jí | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese new year | ^ | P | |
sweeten lotus root | 糖蓮藕 | tòhng-lìhn-ngáuh | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese new year | ^ | P | |
sweeten water chestnut | 糖馬蹄 | tòhng-máh-tái | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese new year | ^ | P | |
sweeten coconut | 糖椰角 | tòhng-yèh-gok | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese new year | ^ | P | |
sweeten shredded coconut | 糖椰絲 | tòhng-yèh-sî | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese new year | ^ | P | |
peach | 桃 | tóu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
water spinach | 通菜 | tûng-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
water spinach | 甕菜 | ung-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
wonton | 雲吞 | wàhn-tân | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Dumpling | ^ | P | |
won-ton noodle | 雲吞麵 | wàhn-tân-mihn | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Noodles in soup | Z-Others | P | |
black fungus / Jew's ear mushroom | 雲耳 | wàhn-yíh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | |
yellow cucumber | 黃瓜 | wòhng-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | |
brown sugar (literal: yellow sugar) | 黃糖 | wòhng-tòhng | 05 - buy in shops | Cooking needs | Sugar | ^ | P | |
Udon | 烏冬 | wû-dûng | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Noodles | ^ | P | |
taro puff (deep-fried) | 芋角 | wuh-gok | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Deep-fried | ^ | P | |
taro | 芋頭 | wuh-táu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | P | P | |
steamed taro cake | 芋頭糕 | wuh-táu-gôu | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Steamed cake | P | |
xo sauce (ingredients: soya sauce, dried scallop, ham, chilli, dried shrimp, shallot, garlic & oyster extractives etc.) | XO醬 | XO-jeung | 05 - buy in shops | Cooking needs | Sauce | Spicy | P | P | |
sapodilla / tamarine | 人心果 | yàhn-sâm-gwó | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
wasabi / Japanese mustard | 日本芥辣 | Yaht-bún-gaai-laaht | 05 - buy in shops | Cooking needs | Sauce | Spicy | P | |
boiled vegetables with sauce | 油菜 | yàuh-choi | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Snack | ^ | P | |
deep fried bread stick / savoury Chinese donut / Chinese donut / deep fried twin flour stick | 油炸鬼 | yàuh-ja-gwái | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Deep fried | P | |
thick noodles | 油麵 | yàuh-mihn | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Noodles | ^ | P | |
squid (very often, it refers dried squid) | 魷魚 | yàuh-yú | 01 - raw | Seafood | Boneless | ^ | P | P | P | P | |
dried squid | 魷魚乾 | yàuh-yùh-gôn | 05 - buy in shops | Junk food | Z-Others | ^ | P | P | |
fine noodles | 幼麵 | yau-mihn | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Noodles | ^ | P | |
young coconut | 椰青 | yèh-chêng | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | |
cauliflower | 椰菜花 | yèh-choi-fâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
onion | 洋蔥 | yèuhng-chûng | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | |
fried rice with assorted meat | 揚州炒飯 | yèuhng-jâu-cháau-faahn | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried rice | ^ | P | |
pomelo and mango with sago | 楊枝甘露 | yèuhng-jî-gâm-louh | 04 - drinks | Drinks | Fruit drinks | ^ | P | |
star-fruit | 洋桃 | yèuhng-tóu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |
Chinese pork liver sausage | 潤腸 | yéun-chéung | 01 - raw | Meat | Meat products | Sausage | P | |
Chinese spinach | 莧菜 | yihn-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |
E-fu noodles / pre-deep-fried noodles | 伊麵 | yî-mihn | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Noodles | ^ | P | |
bird's nest / bird's nest soup | 燕窩 | yin-wô | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese healthy food | ^ | P | |
shark fin / shark fin soup | 魚翅 | yùh-chi | 01 - raw | Seafood | Dried goods | ^ | P | P | |
shark fin dumpling | 魚翅餃 | yùh-chi-gáau | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Dumpling | P | |
fish ball | 魚蛋 | yùh-dáan | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Meat ball | ^ | P | |
fish balls with noodles | 魚蛋麵 | yùh-dáan-mihn | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Noodles in soup | Meat ball | P | |
eggplant with minced pork | 魚香茄子 | yùh-hêung-ké-jí | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Dishes | Vegetable | P | P | |
snap beans | 玉豆 | yuhk-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | |
fish fillet | 魚柳 | yùh-láuh | 01 - raw | Meat | Shape - fillet | ^ | P | |
sliced fresh fish / sliced deep-fried fish ball | 魚片 | yùh-pín | 01 - raw | Meat | Shape - sliced | ^ | P | |
moon cake | 月餅 | yuht-béng | 05 - buy in shops | Bakery etc. | Chinese | ^ | P | P | |
fish maw | 魚肚 | yùh-tóuh | 01 - raw | Seafood | Dried goods | ^ | P | P | |