Restaurant酒樓食飯 · Learn Cantonese for daily life in Hong Kong

These are 10 practical restaurant 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
🥟	點心	dim2 sam1	Dim sum Dim sum
🍵	飲茶	jam2 caa4	Go for dim sum (lit. drink tea) Mag-dim sum
🫖	茶	caa4	Tea Tsa
🌶️	辣	laat6	Spicy Maanghang

Intermediate

	Cantonese	Jyutping	Meaning
🙂	唔辣	m4 laat6	Not spicy Hindi maanghang
🧅	唔要葱	m4 jiu3 cung1	No spring onion Walang sibuyas na mura
🧾	唔該埋單	m4 goi1 maai4 daan1	The bill, please Pakisuyo, ang bayad
💰	埋單	maai4 daan1	Pay the bill Magbayad ng bayarin

Advanced

	Cantonese	Jyutping	Meaning
🫖	要唔要茶	jiu3 m4 jiu3 caa4	Would you like tea? Gusto mo ba ng tsa?
🤲	想要啲咩	soeng2 jiu3 di1 me1	What would you like? Ano ang gusto mo?