food - Cantonese/English Bilingual Rhyming Story Books

包 (baau1)

This week’s character is 包 (baau1) which means “wrap” or “bundle”. You probably recognize it as the word for bread or bun and are used to spelling it “bao” (which is the Mandarin pinyin for this character). According to Uncle Hanzi, this character has two …

吃 (hek3)

This week’s character is 吃 (hek3) which means “eat”. This is the formal term, as usually we say 食 (sik6) in daily conversation. When you look at the two components of 吃 (hek3), you can see it is made up of 口 (hau2, meaning “mouth”) …

奶 (naai5)

In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, this week’s character is 奶 (naai5 / milk). The character 奶 has two components: the left half is the character 女 (neoi5 / female, a very important radical) and the right half of the character comes from the top …