How to say “Cha chaan teng (Hong Kong café)” in Cantonese

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A Hong Kong-style café serving milk tea, toast, noodles and rice dishes, fast and cheap.

The colour of each syllable is its tone — Cantonese has six, and the same sound in another tone is another word.

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