How to say “Egg waffle (gai daan jai)” in Cantonese

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gai1 daan6 zai2 · Egg waffle (gai daan jai)

A street snack waffle made of puffy little egg-shaped bubbles, crisp outside and soft inside. Best eaten hot from the stall.

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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