41.10 Vocabulary: Types of Wet Market Stalls

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The name of a stall or small shop at the wet market often ends with the word 檔 dong3 (‘stall’).

菜 + 檔 = 菜檔
coi3 + dong3 = coi3 dong3
vegetable + stall = vegetable stall

The word 檔 dong3 is also used as the classifier for stalls. We can also use the classifier for shops 間 gaan1.

一檔菜檔
jat1 dong3 coi3 dong3
a vegetable stall

一間菜檔
jat1 gaan1 coi3 dong3
a vegetable stall

1.菜檔coi3 dong3vegetable stall
2.生果檔saang1 gwo2 dong3fruit stall
水果檔seoi2 gwo2 dong3
3.肉檔juk6 dong3meat stall
4.豬肉檔zyu1 juk6 dong3pork stall
5.雞檔gai1 dong3chicken stall
6.魚檔jyu4 dong3fish stall
7.海鮮檔hoi2 sin1 dong3seafood stall
8.豆腐檔dau6 fu6 dong3tofu stall