| English | Chinese | Cantonese Romanization | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | |
| aloe | 蘆薈 | lòuh-wuih | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| apple | 蘋果 | pìhng-gwó | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | |||
| avocado | 牛油果 | ngàuh-yàuh-gwó | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| custard apple | 番鬼荔枝 | fâan-gwái-laih-jî | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | P | ||
| durian | 榴蓮 | làuh-lìhn | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| grapefruit | 西柚 | sâi-yáu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| green apple | 青蘋果 | chêng-pìhng-gwó | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| guava | 番石榴 | fâan-sehk-láu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| honey melon | 蜜瓜 | maht-gwâ | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| jack fruit | 大樹菠蘿 | daaih-syuh-bô-lòh | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| kiwi / kiwi fruit / Chinese gooseberry | 奇異果 | kèih-yih-gwó | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| lemon | 檸檬 | lìhng-mûng | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| longan | 龍眼 | lùhng-ngáahn | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| mangosteen / manggis | 山竹 | sâan-jûk | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| orange | 橙 | cháang | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| papaya | 木瓜 | muhk-gwâ | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| peach | 桃 | tóu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| pear | 梨 | léi | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | P | P | |
| persimmon | 棯柿 | nàhm-chí | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| pineapple | 菠蘿 | bô-lòh | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| plum | 李 | léi | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | P | ||
| plum (heart shape when compare to 'lei2') | 布 | bou-lâm | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| pomelo | 碌柚 | lûk-yáu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | |||
| prune | 西梅 | sâi-múi | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| sapodilla / tamarine | 人心果 | yàhn-sâm-gwó | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| star-fruit | 洋桃 | yèuhng-tóu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| watermelon | 西瓜 | sâi-gwâ | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | ||||
| young coconut | 椰青 | yèh-chêng | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | |||
| pork ribs | 排骨 | pàaih-gwât | 01 - raw | Meat | Meat | Pork | P | ||||
| Chinese pork liver sausage | 潤腸 | yéun-chéung | 01 - raw | Meat | Meat products | Sausage | P | ||||
| Chinese pork sausage | 臘腸 | laahp-chéung | 01 - raw | Meat | Meat products | Sausage | P | ||||
| Chinese preserved pork belly | 臘肉 | laahp-yuhk | 01 - raw | Meat | Meat products | Z-Others | P | ||||
| pig tripe / pig stomach | 豬肚 | jyû-tóuh | 01 - raw | Meat | Organs | Pig | P | ||||
| pig skin | 豬皮 | jyû-pèih | 01 - raw | Meat | Parts | Chicken | P | ||||
| duck feet | 鴨腳 | aap-geuk | 01 - raw | Meat | Parts | Z-Others | 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 | ||||
| jelly fish | 海蜇 | hói-jit | 01 - raw | Seafood | Boneless | ^ | P | ||||
| octopus | 八爪魚 | baat-jáau-yùh | 01 - raw | Seafood | Boneless | ^ | P | ||||
| squid (very often, it refers dried squid) | 魷魚 | yàuh-yú | 01 - raw | Seafood | Boneless | ^ | P | P | P | P | |
| dried shrimps | 蝦米 | hâ-máih | 01 - raw | Seafood | Dried goods | ^ | P | ||||
| fish maw | 魚肚 | yùh-tóuh | 01 - raw | Seafood | Dried goods | ^ | P | P | |||
| sea cucumber | 海參 | hói-sâm | 01 - raw | Seafood | Dried goods | ^ | P | ||||
| shark fin / shark fin soup | 魚翅 | yùh-chi | 01 - raw | Seafood | Dried goods | ^ | P | P | |||
| eel | 鰻魚 | maahn-yùh | 01 - raw | Seafood | Fish | ^ | P | ||||
| salmon | 三文魚 | sâam-màhn-yú | 01 - raw | Seafood | Fish | ^ | P | ||||
| Shanghainese crab | 大閘蟹 | daaih-jaahp-háaih | 01 - raw | Seafood | Shellfish | ^ | P | ||||
| shrimp / prawn | 蝦 | hâ | 01 - raw | Seafood | Shellfish | ^ | P | ||||
| bean curd | 豆腐 | dauh-fuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean curd | ^ | P | ||||
| cloth-wrapped bean curd | 布包豆腐 | bou-bâau-dauh-fuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean curd | ^ | P | ||||
| deep-fried bean curd | 炸豆腐 | ja-dauh-fuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean curd | ^ | P | ||||
| fried bean curd puff | 豆泡 | dauh-bôk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean curd | ^ | P | ||||
| bean sprouts | 大豆芽 | daaih-dáu-ngàh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean sprout | ^ | P | 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 | ||||
| four season snap peas (plant in a green house) | 四季豆 | sei-gwai-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | ||||
| garden peas / peas | 青豆 | chêng-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | ||||
| honey snap peas / edible podded pea | 密糖豆 | maht-tòhng-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | ||||
| pea shoots | 豆苗 | dauh-mìuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | ||||
| peas / garden peas / sugar peas | 荷蘭豆 | hòh-lâan-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | ||||
| snap beans | 玉豆 | yuhk-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | ||||
| string bean / long bean | 豆角 | dauh-gok | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | P | |||
| chilli / pepper | 辣椒 | laaht-jîu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | ||||
| ginger | 薑 | gêung | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | ||||
| green pepper | 青椒 | chêng-jîu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | ||||
| onion | 洋蔥 | yèuhng-chûng | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | ||||
| pepper | 椒 | jîu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | ||||
| baby corn | 粟米芯 | sûk-máih-sâm | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | ||||
| chestnut | 栗子 | leuht-jí | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | ||||
| good / bamboo shoot | 筍 | séun | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | P | |||
| long yellow daylily / citron daylily (literal: golden needle) | 金針 | gâm-jâm | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | ||||
| tomato | 蕃茄 | fâan-ké | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | ||||
| black fungus / Jew's ear mushroom | 雲耳 | wàhn-yíh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | ||||
| Chinese mushroom | 冬菇 | dûng-gû | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | P | |||
| fresh Chinese mushroom | 鮮冬菇 | sîn-dûng-gû | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | ||||
| Japanese mushroom / long-rooted mushroom | 金菇 | gâm-gû | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | ||||
| silver fungus / snow fungus | 雪耳 | syut-yíh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | ||||
| straw mushroom | 草菇 | chóu-gû | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | ||||
| broccoli | 西蘭花 | sâi-làahn-fâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | ||||
| cauliflower | 椰菜花 | yèh-choi-fâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | ||||
| celery cabbage / Tientsin cabbage | 紹菜 | siuh-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | P | |||
| Chinese box thorn | 枸杞 | gáu-géi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | ||||
| Chinese cabbage / white cabbage / pak choi / bok choy | 白菜 | baahk-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | P | |||
| Chinese kale / Chinese broccoli | 芥蘭 | gaai-láan | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | P | |||
| Chinese lettuce | 中國生菜 | jûng-gwok-sâang-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | ||||
| Chinese spinach | 莧菜 | yihn-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | ||||
| Choi Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage | 菜心 | choi-sâm | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | ||||
| lettuce | 生菜 | sâang-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | ||||
| lettuce / head lettuce | 西生菜 | sâi-sâang-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | ||||
| mustard green | 芥菜 | gaai-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | ||||
| small pak choi | 白菜仔 | baahk-choi-jái | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | P | P | ||
| water cress | 西洋菜 | sâi-yèuhng-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | 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 | ||||
| water spinach (grown on the land) | 旱甕 | hóhn-ung | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | ||||
| bitter melon | 苦瓜 | fú-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | P | |||
| chayote / choko / Buddha-hand melon | 佛手瓜 | faht-sáu-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | ||||
| eggplant | 矮瓜 | ái-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | ||||
| eggplant (it's more formal when compare to 'ai2-gwa1') | 茄子 | ké-jí | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | ||||
| hairy melon / fuzzy melon / fury melon / apple cucumber | 節瓜 | jit-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | ||||
| pumpkin | 南瓜 | nàahm-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | ||||
| silk gourd / angled luffa | 絲瓜 | sî-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | ||||
| wild rice shoots | 膠筍 | gâau-séun | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | ||||
| yellow cucumber | 黃瓜 | wòhng-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | ||||
| carrot | 紅蘿蔔 | hùhng-lòh-baahk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | ||||
| green radish | 青蘿蔔 | chêng-lòh-baahk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | ||||
| kudzu | 粉葛 | fán-got | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | ||||
| lotus root | 蓮藕 | lìhn-ngáuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | P | |||
| potato | 薯仔 | syùh-jái | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | ||||
| sweet potato | 番薯 | fâan-syú | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | ||||
| taro | 芋頭 | wuh-táu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | P | P | ||
| turnip / Chinese radish | 白蘿蔔 | baahk-lòh-baahk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | ||||
| turnip / oriental radish | 蘿蔔 | lòh-baahk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | ||||
| water chestnut | 馬蹄 | máh-tái | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | ||||
| yam bean | 沙葛 | sâ-got | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | ||||
| double coconut | 海底椰 | hói-dái-yê | 01 - raw | Vegetable | 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 | |||
| roasted pig | 燒豬 | sîu-jyû | 02 - menu | Barbecued meat shop | Meat | Pork | P | ||||
| roasted duck | 燒鴨 | sîu-aap | 02 - menu | Barbecued meat shop | Meat | Z-Others | P | P | |||
| egg foo yung / egg fu yung / Chinese omelette | 芙蓉蛋 | fùh-yùhng-dáan | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Dishes | Egg | P | ||||
| deep-fried squid with peppered salt | 椒鹽鮮魷 | jîu-yìhm-sîn-yáu | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Dishes | Seafood | P | ||||
| eggplant with minced pork | 魚香茄子 | yùh-hêung-ké-jí | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Dishes | Vegetable | P | 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 | ||||
| fried fine rice noodles | 炒米 | cháau-máih | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried noodles | Fine rice noodles | P | 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 | ||||
| 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 rice | 炒飯 | cháau-faahn | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried rice | ^ | P | ||||
| fried rice in western style | 西炒飯 | sâi-cháau-faahn | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried rice | ^ | P | ||||
| fried rice with assorted meat | 揚州炒飯 | yèuhng-jâu-cháau-faahn | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Fried rice | ^ | P | ||||
| snake soup | 蛇羹 | sèh-gâng | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Soup | Special soup | 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 | ||||
| congee / gruel / porridge | 粥 | jûk | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Congee | ^ | P | ||||
| plain congee | 白粥 | baahk-jûk | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Congee | ^ | 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 | ||||
| deep fried fish skin | 炸魚皮 | ja-yùh-pèih | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Deep fried | P | ||||
| deep fried sweet flour stick | 牛酥 | ngàuh-leih-sôu | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Deep fried | P | ||||
| deep-fried round flour cake | 咸煎餅 | hàahm-jîn-béng | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Deep fried | P | ||||
| deep-fried sesame flour ball | 煎堆 | jîn-dêui | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Deep fried | P | ||||
| glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves | 粽 | júng | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Steamed | P | ||||
| plain rice roll | 齋腸 | jâai-chéung | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Steamed | P | ||||
| sweet sponge cake | 白糖糕 | baahk-tòhng-gôu | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Steamed | P | ||||
| fried fine rice noodles | 炒米粉 | cháau-máih-fán | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Z-Others | P | ||||
| rice roll with deep fried bread stick | 炸兩 | ja-léung | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Z-Others | P | ||||
| bean curd jelly | 豆腐花 | dauh-fuh-fâ | 02 - menu | Dessert shop | Jelly / Pudding | ^ | P | P | |||
| green bean sweet soup | 綠豆沙 | luhk-dáu-sâ | 02 - menu | Dessert shop | Sweet soup | Z-Others | P | ||||
| ground sesame sweet soup (literal: sesame paste) | 芝麻糊 | jî-màh-wú | 02 - menu | Dessert shop | Sweet soup | Z-Others | P | ||||
| red bean sweet soup | 紅豆沙 | hùhng-dáu-sâ | 02 - menu | Dessert shop | Sweet soup | Z-Others | P | ||||
| sweet potato sweet soup | 蕃薯糖水 | fâan-syú-tòhng-séui | 02 - menu | Dessert shop | Sweet soup | Z-Others | P | 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 | ||||
| spring roll | 春卷 | chêun-gyún | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Deep-fried |