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Definition
Teahouse; a traditional restaurant serving tea and dim sum.
colloquialdim sumplaces
How it's used
Refers specifically to traditional, often older establishments that focus on the social aspect of drinking tea and eating dim sum. While modern restaurants serving dim sum are often called 酒樓, the term carries a nostalgic connotation of a simpler, more communal dining experience.
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Let's go to that tea-house for dim sum.
Are there any old-style tea-houses left in this district?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 茶餐廳, which is a modern Hong Kong style cafe serving a mix of Western and Chinese fast food rather than traditional dim sum.
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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.
