InspirLang Taishanese

Food (basic)

白飯 (bag^ fan^-) White Rice

筷子 (fai' du-) chopsticks

紙巾 (zi- gin'-) tissue/napkin

碟 (ieb'-) n. plate

一碗白飯 (yit- won- bag^ fan^-) a bowl of white rice

一雙筷子 (yit- song' fai' du-) a pair of chopsticks

一張紙巾 (yit- zoeng' ji- gin'-) a napkin*

Nouns in Chinese have specific classifiers (such as the "pair", "cup" and "piece") based on different categories.

點菜 (iem- coi') order food/dish (literally means "order vegetables")

我想要… (ngoi' lhieng- yieu') I want to have…

我想要點菜。(ngoi' lhieng- yieu' iem- coi') I want to order dishes.

我想要一碗白飯。(ngoi' lhieng- yieu' yit- won- bag^ fan^) I want to have a bowl of white rice.

If you are nostalgic and ambitious …

煲仔饭 (bao' zoi- fan^) Stone Bowl Rice

鹹魚蒸豬肉 (ham* ngui> zen' zyu' ngug^) Steamed Salted Fish with Minced Pork

白灼瀨尿蝦 (bag^ qieg- lai^ niao^ ha>) Broiled Mantis Shrimp

Maybe you want to prepare this for the upcoming Mother's Day…

唐人街 (hong* ngin* gai>) Chinatown

孔子大廈 (hung- du- ai^ ha^) Confucius Plaza

餅屋 (bieng- ug-) bakery

超市 (qieu' si>-) supermarket

我去超市。(ngoi' hui' qieu' si>-) I go to the supermarket.

我要去超市。(ngoi' yieu' hui' qieu' si>-) I need to go to the supermarket.

我去緊超市。(ngoi' hui' gin- qieu' si>-) I am going to the supermarket.

我唔去超市。(ngoi' ng* hui' qieu' si>-) I don' t go to the supermarket.

我唔要去超市。(ngoi' ng* yieu' hui' qieu' si>-) I don’t need/want to go to the supermarket.

我唔係去緊超市。(ngoi' ng* hai^ hui' gin- qieu' si>-) I am not going to the supermarket.