How to say “Cocktail bun” in Cantonese
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gai1 mei5 baau1 · Cocktail bun
A bakery bun filled with sweet coconut and butter. Despite the name it has nothing to do with chicken or cocktails.
The colour of each syllable is its tone — Cantonese has six, and the same sound in another tone is another word.