beng2 dim3餅店饼店
Jyutpingbeng2 dim3
Yalebéng dim
Definition
Bakery or cake shop; a store that sells cakes, pastries, and sometimes bread.
colloquialfoodplaces
How it's used
Distinguish between a general bakery and a place specializing in Western pastries. While 餅店 often implies a shop selling cakes and tarts, 麪包舖 is the more common term for a shop focused primarily on bread. You will often see these shops inside MTR stations or shopping malls, where they serve as quick stops for breakfast or afternoon snacks.
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gaan1間gānExamples
The egg tarts at the bakery around the corner are very famous.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 餅家, which is often used in the names of traditional Chinese bakeries that specialize in wedding cakes or mooncakes. Using 餅店 for these traditional shops is understandable but sounds slightly less authentic.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
