caan1 jam2餐飲餐饮
Jyutpingcaan1 jam2
Yalechāan yám
Definition
The beverage included in a set meal.
colloquialfooddrink
How it's used
Refers specifically to the beverage option bundled with a set meal in a restaurant. While the formal term often covers the entire food and beverage industry, in daily spoken Cantonese, it is almost exclusively used to ask or specify which drink comes with your order.
Measure word
bui1杯būiExamples
I'd like an iced lemon tea for the drink, please.
Would you like coffee or milk tea for your drink?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the general term for food and drink, which is usually referred to as 飲食. Using 餐飲 in a general context outside of a restaurant menu setting can sound like you are talking about the hospitality industry rather than your lunch.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
