Eat here or take away?in Cantonese.
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喺度食定拎走？
hai2 dou6 sik6 ding6 ling1 zau2
eat here or take away?
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CANTONESE PHRASE · FOOD & DRINK
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The Cantonese phrase
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喺度食定拎走？ (hai2 dou6 sik6 ding6 ling1 zau2) is a server's dine-in or takeaway choice. Beginners mainly need to recognise the two options and answer with the one they want.
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- Cantonese
- 喺度食定拎走
- Jyutping
- hai2 dou6 sik6 ding6 ling1 zau2
- Meaning
- Eat here or take it away?
CANTONESE WITH AUNTIE
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喺度食定拎走
hai2 dou6 sik6 ding6 ling1 zau2
Eat here or take it away?
Listen for this staff question when ordering food. The person serving you wants to know whether you will eat there or take the order away.
定 joins the two choices in this question. 喺度食 is eating here; 拎走 is taking it away.
More short lessons with AuntieHow to pronounce it
Listen for hai2 dou6 sik6 (eat here), ding6 (or), and ling1 zau2 (take away). The middle word separates the two choices.
- hai2 dou6 sik6eat here
- ding6or
- ling1 zau2take away
Play the full question, then identify which choice comes before ding6 and which comes after it.
When to use it
A very common staff question. Beginners mainly need to recognize it and answer with one side.
Try it when: Recognizing a server asking where you will eat.
Rough literal gloss: eat here or carry away.
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- Meaning
- eat here or take away?
- Traditional Chinese
- 喺度食定拎走？
- Jyutping
- hai2 dou6 sik6 ding6 ling1 zau2