My Cantonese Lexicon III: Vegetables

English	Cantonese	jyutping	yale
lettuce	生菜	saang1 coi3	sāang choi
tomato	番茄	faan1 ke2	fāan ké
bok-choi	白菜	baak6 coi3	baahk choi
brocolli	西蘭花	sai1 laan4 faa1	sāi làahn fā
carrot	紅蘿蔔	hung4 lo4 baak6	hùhng lòh baahk
celery	西芹	sai1 kan2	sāi kán
sweet corn	粟米	suk1 mai5	sūk máih
eggplant	茄子	ke4/2* zi2	kèh / ké jí
onion	洋蔥	joeng4 cung1	yèuhng chūng
shallot	蔥	cung1	chūng
garlic	蒜頭	syun3 tau4	syun tàuh
potato	薯仔	syu4 zai2	syùh jái
spinach	菠菜	bo1 coi3	bō choi
cauliflower	椰菜花	je4 coi3 faa1	yèh choi fā
capsicum	燈籠椒	dang1 lung4 ziu1	dāng lùhng jīu
cucumber	青瓜	ceng1 gwaa1	chēng gwā
pumpkin	南瓜	naam4 gwaa1	nàahm gwā
sweet potato	番薯	faan1 syu2	fāan syú
zucchini	翠玉瓜	ceoi3 juk6 gwaa1	cheui yuhk gwāa
bitter melon	苦瓜	fu2 gwaa1	fú gwā

Not many vegetables, hey!? If there are any vegetables that I haven't mentioned, let me know and I'll find out what they are for you in spoken Cantonese.

*Some words experience a tone change. CantoDict (see below) attributes this to whether the character is being read in a literary manner or a colloquial manner, but some Hong Kong friends have told me that the tone depends on what surrounds the word.

E.g. jyu4 (yùh) = literary, jyu2 (yú)= colloquial

(Please see CantoDict's explanation: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/essays/tones.htm#cantodict_tones )

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