How to say “Fried rice” in Cantonese

caau2炒faan6飯

caau2 faan6 · Fried rice

Rice stir-fried in a very hot wok with egg and other ingredients. Almost every Cantonese restaurant has several kinds.

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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