Skip to the pronunciation
Canto School

Could you pack this to go?in Cantonese.

Tap Listen to hear the pronunciation.

Canto School

Pronunciation

可唔可以打包呀?

ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 daa2 baau1 aa3

could you pack this to go?

Recorded Cantonese

Keep learning on your phone.

CANTONESE PHRASE · FOOD & DRINK

How to say “could you pack this to go?” in Cantonese

A little Cantonese for your next conversation.

The Cantonese phrase

Saved generated-voice recording from the Canto School app library.

New to Cantonese? Follow the beginner roadmap

AUNTIE’S ALTERNATIVE PHRASING

Please pack this up for me · with AuntieWatch the exchange, then try the Cantonese line.
Read the Cantonese line
Cantonese
唔該幫我打包
Jyutping
m4 goi1 bong1 ngo5 daa2 baau1
Meaning
Please pack this up for me

CANTONESE WITH AUNTIE

Another way to ask

唔該幫我打包

m4 goi1 bong1 ngo5 daa2 baau1

Please pack this up for me

Use this when asking the staff to pack food for you to take away, including food left after your meal.

打包 is the useful expression for packing food to take away. This clip makes a request with 唔該幫我; the lesson's other recording asks the same thing with 可唔可以.

More short lessons with Auntie

How to pronounce it

Read the Jyutping as ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 daa2 baau1 aa3. Its number after each syllable marks a Cantonese tone. Play the saved recording to hear the whole phrase, then say it back at your own pace.

When to use it

Use this after a meal when you want the remaining food packed for takeaway.

Try it when: Asking to take home food remaining after a meal.

Rough literal gloss: can-not-can pack-up question-particle.

Practise with the app’s pronunciation video
could you pack this to go? (可唔可以打包呀?) — Cantonese pronunciationVisual preview. Use Play audio to hear the current recording.
Read the phrase
Meaning
could you pack this to go?
Traditional Chinese
可唔可以打包呀?
Jyutping
ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 daa2 baau1 aa3

BEYOND THIS PHRASE

Put it into a conversation.

Food & drinkEating out in Hong Kong: Cantonese from table to billFood & drinkEat here, order takeaway, or pack leftovers: Cantonese for three different moments