caan1 baau1餐包
Jyutpingcaan1 baau1
Yalechāan bāau
Definition
Dinner roll; a slightly sweet bread roll typically served as part of a set meal.
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How it's used
This term refers specifically to the soft, slightly sweet bread roll served as a standard side in Hong Kong style diners or tea restaurants. It is almost exclusively associated with the set meals found in these establishments rather than artisanal bakery bread. You will frequently hear it mentioned when a waiter asks if you want your bread served before or alongside your main dish.
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The dinner roll is still piping hot, eat it quickly.
Do you want butter on your dinner roll or just eat it plain?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with general terms for bread like 麵包, as this specifically implies the soft, round, sweet roll served in a restaurant setting. Ordering a 餐包 at a high end bakery might cause confusion as it is a menu item name rather than a generic bread type.
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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.
