| English | Chinese | Cantonese Romanization | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 |
| a preserved vegetable | 鹹酸菜 | hàahm-syûn-choi | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Vegetable | Preserved | P | P | P | |
| a preserved vegetable | 雪裡紅 | syut-lèih-hùhng | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Vegetable | Preserved | P | |||
| agar / agar-agar | 大菜 | daaih-choi | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Vegetable | ^ | P | |||
| 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 | |||
| baby corn | 粟米芯 | sûk-máih-sâm | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | 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 | |||
| barbecued pork pastry | 叉燒酥 | châ-sîu-sôu | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Pastry | ^ | 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| bean curd roll with fish maw, chicken and ham | 雞扎 | gâi-jaat | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Roll | P | |||
| bean curd sheet | 腐竹 | fuh-jûk | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Vegetable | ^ | P | |||
| bean paste / hot bean paste with chillies | 豆瓣醬 | dauh-báan-jeung | 05 - buy in shops | Cooking needs | Sauce | Spicy | 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 | |||
| bean thread / mung bean vermicelli | 粉絲 | fán-sî | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Beans / Bean products | ^ | P | 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 | |||
| bird's nest / bird's nest soup | 燕窩 | yin-wô | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese healthy food | ^ | P | |||
| bitter melon | 苦瓜 | fú-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | P | ||
| black bean and pepper | 豉椒 | sih-jîu | 06 - terms | Menu | Dish name | Condiment | P | |||
| black fungus / Jew's ear mushroom | 雲耳 | wàhn-yíh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | |||
| boiled vegetables with sauce | 油菜 | yàuh-choi | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Snack | ^ | P | |||
| braise (quick fried) / cooked in soya sauce | 紅燒 | hùhng-sîu | 06 - terms | Menu | Dish name | Way of cooking | P | |||
| broccoli | 西蘭花 | sâi-làahn-fâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |||
| brown sugar (literal: yellow sugar) | 黃糖 | wòhng-tòhng | 05 - buy in shops | Cooking needs | Sugar | ^ | P | |||
| cake / sponge cake / [literal] egg cake | 蛋糕 | daahn-gôu | 05 - buy in shops | Bakery etc. | Cake | ^ | P | |||
| carrot | 紅蘿蔔 | hùhng-lòh-baahk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | 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 | ||
| chayote / choko / Buddha-hand melon | 佛手瓜 | faht-sáu-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | |||
| chestnut | 栗子 | leuht-jí | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | |||
| chicken cut into cubes | 雞球 | gâi-kàuh | 06 - terms | Menu | Dish name | Shape | P | |||
| chicken feet | 鳳爪 | fuhng-jáau | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Food | P | |||
| chicken with fish maw | 棉花雞 | mìhn-fâ-gâi | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Food | P | |||
| chilli / pepper | 辣椒 | laaht-jîu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | 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 mushroom | 冬菇 | dûng-gû | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | 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 | |||
| 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 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 | |||
| cloth-wrapped bean curd | 布包豆腐 | bou-bâau-dauh-fuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean curd | ^ | P | |||
| club sandwich | 公司三文治 | gûng-sî-sâam-màhn-jih | 02 - menu | Hong Kong style cafe | Snack | Sandwich | P | |||
| congee / gruel / porridge | 粥 | jûk | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Congee | ^ | P | |||
| cookies | 曲奇餅 | kûk-kèih-béng | 05 - buy in shops | Bakery etc. | Biscuit / Cracker / Cookie | ^ | P | |||
| crispy minced pork | 豬肉崧 | jyû-yuhk-sûng | 05 - buy in shops | Junk food | Z-Others | ^ | P | |||
| crispy shredded pork | 豬肉絲 | jyû-yuhk-sî | 05 - buy in shops | Junk food | Z-Others | ^ | P | |||
| crocodile meat | 鱷魚肉 | ngohk-yùh-yuhk | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Meat | ^ | P | |||
| crystal bun | 水晶包 | séui-jîng-bâau | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Sweet | ^ | P | |||
| custard apple | 番鬼荔枝 | fâan-gwái-laih-jî | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | P | P | |
| dace ball | 鯪魚球 | lèhng-yùh-kàuh | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Meat ball | ^ | 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 fry and add peppered salt | 椒鹽 | jîu-yìhm | 06 - terms | Menu | Dish name | Way of cooking - with dish names only | P | |||
| deep-fried bean curd | 炸豆腐 | ja-dauh-fuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean curd | ^ | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| deep-fried squid with peppered salt | 椒鹽鮮魷 | jîu-yìhm-sîn-yáu | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Dishes | Seafood | P | |||
| deep-fried won ton | 炸雲吞 | ja-wàhn-tân | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Snack | ^ | P | |||
| double coconut | 海底椰 | hói-dái-yê | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Z-Others | ^ | P | |||
| dried and sweeten winter melon | 糖冬瓜 | tòhng-dûng-gwâ | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese new year | ^ | P | |||
| dried shrimps | 蝦米 | hâ-máih | 01 - raw | Seafood | Dried goods | ^ | P | |||
| dried squid | 魷魚乾 | yàuh-yùh-gôn | 05 - buy in shops | Junk food | Z-Others | ^ | P | P | ||
| duck feet | 鴨腳 | aap-geuk | 01 - raw | Meat | Parts | Z-Others | P | |||
| dumplings with noodles | 水餃麵 | séui-gáau-mihn | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Noodles in soup | Z-Others | P | |||
| durian | 榴蓮 | làuh-lìhn | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |||
| eel | 鰻魚 | maahn-yùh | 01 - raw | Seafood | Fish | ^ | P | |||
| E-fu noodles / pre-deep-fried noodles | 伊麵 | yî-mihn | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Noodles | ^ | P | |||
| egg custard bun | 奶皇包 | náaih-wòhng-bâau | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Bun | P | |||
| egg foo yung / egg fu yung / Chinese omelette | 芙蓉蛋 | fùh-yùhng-dáan | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Dishes | Egg | P | |||
| egg rolls | 蛋卷 | daahn-gyún | 05 - buy in shops | Junk food | Z-Others | ^ | P | 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 | |||
| eggplant with minced pork | 魚香茄子 | yùh-hêung-ké-jí | 02 - menu | Chinese restaurant | Dishes | Vegetable | 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 | |||
| fermented bean curd / Chinese cheese | 腐乳 | fuh-yúh | 05 - buy in shops | Cooking needs | Preserved | ^ | P | |||
| fine noodles | 幼麵 | yau-mihn | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Noodles | ^ | P | |||
| fine rice noodles | 米粉 | máih-fán | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Rice noodles | ^ | P | 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 | |||
| fish fillet | 魚柳 | yùh-láuh | 01 - raw | Meat | Shape - fillet | ^ | P | |||
| fish maw | 魚肚 | yùh-tóuh | 01 - raw | Seafood | Dried goods | ^ | P | P | ||
| flat noodles | 粗麵 | chôu-mihn | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Noodles | ^ | P | |||
| flat rice noodles | 河粉 | hó-fán | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Rice noodles | ^ | P | |||
| four season snap peas (plant in a green house) | 四季豆 | sei-gwai-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | |||
| fresh Chinese mushroom | 鮮冬菇 | sîn-dûng-gû | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | |||
| fried bean curd puff | 豆泡 | dauh-bôk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Bean curd | ^ | 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 | 炒米粉 | cháau-máih-fán | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Z-Others | 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 | |||
| garden peas / peas | 青豆 | chêng-dáu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Beans / Peas | ^ | P | |||
| ginger | 薑 | gêung | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | |||
| glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves | 粽 | júng | 02 - menu | Congee shop | Snack | Steamed | P | |||
| glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in lotus leaves | 裹蒸粽 | gwó-jîng-júng | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Snack | ^ | P | P | ||
| glutinous rice roll | 糯米卷 | noih-máih-gyún | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Roll | 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 | ||
| good / bamboo shoot | 筍 | séun | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | P | ||
| grapefruit | 西柚 | sâi-yáu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |||
| green apple | 青蘋果 | chêng-pìhng-gwó | 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 | |||
| green pepper | 青椒 | chêng-jîu | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | |||
| green radish | 青蘿蔔 | chêng-lòh-baahk | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | |||
| ground sesame sweet soup (literal: sesame paste) | 芝麻糊 | jî-màh-wú | 02 - menu | Dessert shop | Sweet soup | Z-Others | P | |||
| guava | 番石榴 | fâan-sehk-láu | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |||
| hairy melon / fuzzy melon / fury melon / apple cucumber | 節瓜 | jit-gwâ | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Melon | ^ | P | |||
| harden pig blood | 豬紅 | jyû-hùhng | 02 - menu | Noodle shop | Trolley style | ^ | P | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| instant noodles (literal: doll noodles (`doll` is a brand name)) | 公仔麵 | gûng-jái-mihn | 05 - buy in shops | Staples | Noodles | ^ | P | |||
| jack fruit | 大樹菠蘿 | daaih-syuh-bô-lòh | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |||
| Japanese mushroom / long-rooted mushroom | 金菇 | gâm-gû | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Fungus / Mushroom | ^ | P | |||
| jelly fish | 海蜇 | hói-jit | 01 - raw | Seafood | Boneless | ^ | P | |||
| kiwi / kiwi fruit / Chinese gooseberry | 奇異果 | kèih-yih-gwó | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |||
| kudzu | 粉葛 | fán-got | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | |||
| lemon | 檸檬 | lìhng-mûng | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | 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 | |||
| liquorice / liquorice root / licorice root / licorice | 甘草 | gâm-chóu | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Chinese medicine | Plant | P | |||
| long yellow daylily / citron daylily (literal: golden needle) | 金針 | gâm-jâm | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Flower / Fruit / Stem | ^ | P | |||
| longan | 龍眼 | lùhng-ngáahn | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |||
| lotus root | 蓮藕 | lìhn-ngáuh | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Root | ^ | P | P | ||
| mangosteen / manggis | 山竹 | sâan-jûk | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |||
| melon seeds | 瓜子 | gwâ-jí | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Nuts / Seeds | ^ | P | |||
| moon cake | 月餅 | yuht-béng | 05 - buy in shops | Bakery etc. | Chinese | ^ | P | P | ||
| multi-layered steamed cake / layered stuffed cake with egg-yolk | 千層糕 | chîn-chàhng-gôu | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Sweet | ^ | P | P | ||
| mustard green | 芥菜 | gaai-choi | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Green vegetable | ^ | P | |||
| oatmeal | 麥皮 | mahk-pèih | 05 - buy in shops | Dried goods | Cereals / Grains | ^ | P | |||
| octopus | 八爪魚 | baat-jáau-yùh | 01 - raw | Seafood | Boneless | ^ | P | |||
| onion | 洋蔥 | yèuhng-chûng | 01 - raw | Vegetable | Condiments | ^ | P | |||
| orange | 橙 | cháang | 01 - raw | Fruit | ^ | ^ | P | |||
| ox stomach | 金錢肚 | gâm-chìhn-tóuh | 02 - menu | Dim sum | Steamed | Food | P | |||
| ox tendon | 牛筋 |