How to say “Yangzhou fried rice” in Cantonese

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joeng4 zau1 caau2 faan6 · Yangzhou fried rice

Fried rice with egg, shrimp, barbecue pork and spring onion. Despite the name it is a Cantonese restaurant classic.

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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