CANTONESE PRONUNCIATION · RESTAURANTS
How to say “We still need one more dish” in Cantonese
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The Cantonese phrase
我哋仲爭一個餸ngo5 dei6 zung6 zaang1 jat1 go3 sung3
We still need one more dish
Video uses a saved generated-voice recording from the Canto School app library.
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Look closer at this phrase
仲爭一個餸 says the group order is still one dish short. 餸 here is a shared dish, not a bowl of rice.
The number after each Jyutping syllable marks its Cantonese tone. Listen to the whole saved recording and repeat at your own pace.
When to use it
Diner · Finishing a group order. Uses the natural expression for being one short