aai3 je5 sik6嗌嘢食
Jyutpingaai3 je5 sik6
Yaleaai yéh sihk
Definition
To order food, especially when eating out.
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How it's used
This phrase is the standard way to express ordering food in a restaurant or via delivery. It is a compound verb where 嗌 acts as the main verb and 嘢食 functions as the object, meaning food. You can easily insert other verbs or particles between 嗌 and 嘢食, such as 嗌咗嘢食 for having already ordered.
Examples
Let's go to the restaurant to order some food.
Related words
Common phrases
to order takeout
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 叫嘢食, which is also common and interchangeable. However, avoid using 點餐 in casual speech, as it sounds more like a formal term found on menus or in written contexts.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
