Food & Drinks

1. 這幾多錢？

   ia2 gi2 do1 qien5?

   How much is this?

   Usage

   Asks the price of a dish or drink

   Grammar Note

   幾多 asks about quantity; adding 錢 asks the price. Composed from dictionary-verified words

2. 請分𠊎一碗粄條。

   qiang2 bun1 ngai5 id4 von2 ban2 tiau5.

   Please give me a bowl of ban tiau (flat rice noodles)

   Usage

   Ordering a noodle dish at a Hakka eatery; 分 means "give"

   Grammar Note

   分 𠊎 means "give me". Composed from dictionary-verified words.

3. 有食齋个無？

   iu1 siid8 zai1 ge3 mo5?

   Do you have vegetarian options?

   Usage

   Asks whether vegetarian food is available

   Grammar Note

   食齋 means to eat no meat. "有…無?" asks "is there …?". Composed from dictionary-verified words

4. 當好食！

   dong1 ho2 siid8!

   Very delicious

   Usage

   Said when the food is very tasty

   Grammar Note

   當 (dong1) is the degree adverb "very"; 好食 appears in the dictionary's 還好食 and 無好食. Composed

5. 請算錢。

   qiang2 son3 qien5.

   Check, please

   Usage

   Asks for the bill after a meal

   Grammar Note

   The dictionary's sense 2 of 算錢 is "settle the bill" (example 汽水吂算錢)

6. 莫放辣。

   mog8 biong3 lad8.

   No extra spice, please

   Usage

   Asks for no chilli heat

   Grammar Note

   莫 forbids; 放 (biong3) means "add" as in 放糖落去. Composed from dictionary-verified words

7. 𠊎愛打包。

   ngai5 oi3 da2 bau1.

   I'd like it to go / takeaway

   Usage

   For taking leftovers or an order away

   Grammar Note

   Sense 2 of 打包 is wrapping a restaurant meal to take away. 愛 (oi3) "want" appears in the dictionary only inside compounds. Composed

8. 飯

   fan3

   Cooked rice

   Usage

   Cooked rice; the 飯 of 食飯 "to eat a meal"

   Grammar Note

   Glossed as cooked grain; it also means a meal

9. 麵包

   mien3 bau1

   Bread

   Usage

   For buying or ordering bread

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary headword; 麵 is read mien3

10. 大麵

    tai3 mien3

    Noodles

    Usage

    Wheat noodles in general

    Grammar Note

    Glossed as noodles made of wheat flour. 麵 alone is not a headword, so 大麵 is used

11. 生

    sang1

    Raw / Uncooked

    Usage

    Says meat or fish is uncooked

    Grammar Note

    Sense 3 is "not yet cooked". The homograph sen1 means "to be born" and is a different word

12. 辣

    lad8

    Spicy hot

    Usage

    Says a dish is spicy

    Grammar Note

    Sense 1 is a pungent, hot taste. 莫放辣 asks for no chilli

13. 鹽

    iam5

    Salt

    Usage

    Salt; for asking for more or less

    Grammar Note

    A dictionary headword, read iam5

14. 糖

    tong5

    Sugar

    Usage

    For asking for or avoiding sugar

    Grammar Note

    Glossed as a sweet substance from cane, rice or malt; it also means sweets and candy

15. 胡椒

    fu5 zeu1

    Pepper

    Usage

    For asking for or declining pepper

    Grammar Note

    A dictionary headword; there is also a proverb 胡椒細細辣過薑 "small pepper, hotter than ginger"

16. 酸醋

    son1 cii3

    Vinegar

    Usage

    For asking for vinegar

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary glosses 酸醋 as vinegar (example: 薑絲炒大腸愛放酸醋). 醋 alone is cii3

17. 蜂糖

    pung1 tong5

    Honey

    Usage

    For asking for or buying honey

    Grammar Note

    Read pung1 tong5. The dictionary example is about a neighbour who keeps bees

18. 豆腐

    teu3 fu3

    Tofu

    Usage

    For ordering tofu dishes

    Grammar Note

    A dictionary headword, common in Hakka cooking

19. 湯

    tong1

    Soup

    Usage

    For ordering soup

    Grammar Note

    Glossed as the liquid from cooked food. A homograph with the verb sense "wash" also exists

20. 果子

    go2 zii2

    Fruit

    Usage

    For buying or ordering fruit

    Grammar Note

    A dictionary headword meaning fruit; the example offers fruit to the earth god

21. 蒜頭

    son3 teu5

    Garlic

    Usage

    For asking for or avoiding garlic

    Grammar Note

    A dictionary headword; 頭 is read teu5

22. 蔥頭

    cung1 teu5

    Onion

    Usage

    For asking for or avoiding onion

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary glosses it as onion (also shallot); example 蔥頭炒卵

23. 番椒

    fan1 zeu1

    Chilli pepper

    Usage

    For asking for or avoiding chilli

    Grammar Note

    A dictionary headword meaning chilli. Here 番 is a food-name prefix, unrelated to its use for people

24. 芫荽仔

    ien5 xi1 e2

    Coriander / Cilantro

    Usage

    For asking for or removing coriander

    Grammar Note

    A dictionary headword; a synonym is 香菜仔 (hiong1 coi3 e2). The final 仔 is the suffix e2

25. 薑

    giong1

    Ginger

    Usage

    For asking for or avoiding ginger

    Grammar Note

    A dictionary headword, used in dishes such as 薑絲炒大腸

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