sik6 zaap6食雜食杂

Jyutpingsik6 zaap6

Yalesikh japh

Definition

Grocery or grocery store; also to eat both meat and vegetables, or to eat miscellaneous foods.

grocery; grocery store
to eat both meat and vegetables; to eat miscellaneous foods

colloquialshoppingplaces

How it's used

While 食雜 can refer to a grocery store, it is increasingly being replaced by the term 士多 or 超市 in modern Hong Kong daily speech. The term specifically implies a shop that deals in miscellaneous food items and dry goods rather than fresh produce or large supermarket chains. It carries a slightly nostalgic or traditional feel compared to the more common loanwords.

Measure word

gaan1間gān

Examples

nei5 haang4 gwo3 sik6 zaap6 pou2 maai5 di1 je5 mei6 aa4

你行過食雜舖買啲嘢未呀？

Have you walked past the grocery store to buy some things yet?

le1 gaan1 sik6 zaap6 pou2 di1 fo3 hou2 cai4 gaa4

呢間食雜舖啲貨好齊㗎。

The goods in this grocery store are very complete.

Common phrases

sik6 zaap6 pou2

食雜舖

grocery store

Common mistake

Do not confuse this with the verb phrase 食雜 which could literally mean to eat miscellaneous items, though this is not a standard way to describe eating meat. If you want to talk about eating meat, use 食肉 instead to avoid ambiguity.