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Cantonese words and phrases

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A wonton () is a type of Chinese dumpling commonly found across regional styles of Chinese cuisine. It is also spelled wantan or wuntun, a transliteration from Cantonese (), and wenden from Shanghainese (). Even though there are many different styles of wonton served throughout China, Cantonese wontons are the most popular in the West due to the predominance of Cantonese restaurants overseas.

style of Chinese cuisine of bite-sized portions served in small steamer baskets or plates

dish in overseas Chinese cuisine

popular style of Cantonese barbecued pork

Cantonese barbecue-pork-filled bun

sweet, warm soup or custard served as a dessert at the end of a meal in Cantonese cuisine

traditional Cantonese dumpling

type of Cantonese restaurant

Cantonese leaf-wrapped dim sum

Cantonese noodle dish

Cantonese tradition of brunch involving Chinese tea and dim sum

Gweilo or '''''' (, pronounced ) is a common Cantonese slang term for white people. The term can be literally translated as "ghoul man" or "devil man" and has a history of racially deprecatory and pejorative use, though its modern usage is often in a general and non-derogatory context. The appropriateness of the term and whether it constitutes as an offensive ethnic slur are disputed among both Cantonese speakers and Westerners.

popular Chinese domino game, using tiles traditionally made of ox bone or ebony, in Northern Song dynasty, China (1120)

Cantonese style dumplings

senior business executive or entrepreneur operating in China or Hong Kong

type of slapstick humour associated with Hong Kong popular culture

generic name in Cantonese cuisine given to meats roasted on spits over an open fire or a huge wood burning rotisserie oven

Hong Kong English expression

Chinese immigrant organization

Cantonese meal served in a communal bowl

stilt houses in Hong Kong

kind of stilt house in Tai O, Lantau Island, Hong Kong built on water or on small beaches

Chinese fortune telling practice

thumb|A kai-to sailing between Ma Liu Shui and [[Tap Mun, Hong Kong]] thumb|A smaller kai-to carrying passengers to the outlying islands off the Sai Kung Peninsula in [[Hong Kong]] thumb|Passengers boarding a larger kai-to heading to Peng Chau at the [[Discovery Bay Kai-to pier in Nim Shue Wan.]] The kai-to, sometimes kaito or kaido () is a type of small, motorised ferry that operates in Hong Kong. They are usually used to serve remote coastal settlements in the territory's outlying islands.

Hong Kong open air food stall

Steamed minced pork

Chinese pork dish

young Chinese domestic worker girls/women

Bat lau dung laai

1988 radio announcement about Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong

type of East Asian tenement

Punti () is a Cantonese endonym referring to the native Cantonese people of Guangdong and Guangxi.