27.10 Vocabulary: Types of Food

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1.嘢食je5 sik6food (colloquial, literally ‘thing’ + ‘eat’)
2.食物sik6 mat6food (less colloquial, literally ‘eat’ + ‘thing’)
3.套餐tou3 caan1set meal
4.前菜cin4 coi3entrée
5.小食siu2 sik6snack
6.拼盤ping3 pun2platter
7.主菜zyu2 coi3main dish (less often used in the context of Chinese restaurants)
8.餸sung3dish (usually a dish for eating with rice)
9.小菜siu2 coi3small dish (usually a dish prepared by stir-frying, deep- frying or stewing; usually only used in the context of Chinese restaurants)
10.肉juk6meat
11.菜coi3vegetables
12.水果seoi2 gwo2fruit
生果saang1 gwo2
13.海鮮hoi2 sin1seafood
14.飯faan6rice
15.米mai5uncooked rice
16.麵min6noodles
17.粉麵fan2 min6noodles (usually only used when referring to noodles as a type of food)
18.粥zuk1congee
19.湯tong1soup
20.燒味siu1 mei2siu mei (Cantonese-style roast meat)
21.點心dim2 sam1dim sum
22.煲bou1dish served with pot
23.沙律saa1 leot2salad
24.扒paa2steak
25.意粉ji3 fan2spaghetti (or other noodle-like pasta)
26.pizzapi1 saa4pizza
27.壽司sau6 si1sushi
28.魚生jyu4 saang1sashimi
刺身ci3 san1
29.拉麵laai1 min6ramen
30.串燒cyun3 siu1skewer
31.甜品tim4 ban2dessert
32.糖水tong4 seoi2sweet soup
Note: We use the verb 食 sik6 (‘to eat’) instead of 飲 jam2 (‘to drink) with 糖水 tong4 seoi2.
33.蛋糕daan6 gou1cake
34.麵包min6 baau1bread
包baau1
35.三文治saam1 man4 zi6sandwich
36.多士do1 si2toast
37.芝士zi1 si2cheese