sik6 ban2 dim3食品店
Jyutpingsik6 ban2 dim3
Yalesihk bán dim
Definition
A food store; a shop that sells food items.
neutralfoodshopping
How it's used
While technically correct, this term is rarely used in casual daily speech to describe a shop. Locals typically use specific names like 零食店 for snack shops or 雜貨店 for general grocery stores. Using this term can sound slightly formal or like a category label on a directory rather than a natural way to refer to a shop you are visiting.
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gaan1間gānExamples
Are there any food stores nearby to buy snacks?
Related words
Common phrases
large food store
imported food store
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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.
