How to say “Rice noodle roll (cheung fun)” in Cantonese

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Silky steamed rice sheets rolled around shrimp, beef or barbecue pork and doused in sweet soy sauce. Plain ones are a street breakfast.

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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