Kitchen廚房 · Learn Cantonese for daily life in Hong Kong

These are 9 practical kitchen words and phrases for everyday life in Hong Kong, written for Filipino domestic helpers. Each entry gives the Cantonese characters, the Jyutping romanisation so you can say it out loud, and the meaning in both English and Filipino.

Beginner

	Cantonese	Jyutping	Meaning
💧	水	seoi2	Water Tubig
🍚	飯	faan6	Rice / Meal Kanin
🍽️	食	sik6	Eat Kumain
🥤	飲	jam2	Drink Uminom
🍳	廚房	cyu4 fong2	Kitchen Kusina

Intermediate

	Cantonese	Jyutping	Meaning
🍳	煮飯	zyu2 faan6	Cook Magluto

Advanced

	Cantonese	Jyutping	Meaning
🥣	唔該你攞啲碗嚟	m4 goi1 nei5 lo2 di1 wun2 lai4	Please bring some bowls Pakiusap dalhin mo ang mga mangkok
🍽️	廚房啲碗洗咗未	cyu4 fong2 di1 wun2 sai2 zo2 mei6	Have the kitchen bowls been washed? Nahugasan na ba ang mga plato sa kusina?
🍽️	有冇嘢食	jau5 mou5 je5 sik6	Is there anything to eat? May pagkain ba?