Terms originating from Cantonese
This page lists all currently defined terms with Cantonese recorded as a language of origin.
Note that etymologies are typically only traced back to the primary or secondary ancestors of a term, and so older ancestors may not be comprehensively included.
- Ah Tong Ah Seng
- Hakka yong tau foo
- Hongkie
- Ipoh hor fun
- LLST
- SOC
- Samsui
- Samsui chicken
- Samsui woman
- YTF
- ah che
- ah long
- also
- asshole dai di
- bak tong gou
- bat gwa
- beat aeroplane
- beef ball
- blue ginger
- calefare
- cham
- chapalang
- char siew
- char siew more use than you
- char siew pau
- char siew rice
- char siew soh
- chee cheong fun
- chee sin
- chey
- chicken business
- choi
- chop chop
- chop chop kali pok
- chut
- chut pattern
- chut-chut
- dabao
- dai di
- dao
- diu
- diu lei lo mo
- dllm
- doll biscuit
- eat slipper rice
- eat soft rice
- ee
- eeyer
- fan choy
- fat choy
- fly aeroplane
- fu chuk
- fu yu
- ga dai
- ga ga dai
- gai gai
- gansui
- gao choi
- gao dim
- gao gao
- gao gei
- gao gei choi
- gao gei zi
- give face
- gong zai beng
- ham chim peng
- ham ga chan
- ham sap
- hampalang
- har
- har cheong
- har cheong gai
- har gao
- har lok
- hit aeroplane
- ho
- hor
- hor fun
- horlan
- hum
- jiak hong
- jiak hong chu
- jude
- kai lan
- kan cheong
- kan cheong spider
- keh yan
- kolo mee
- kopi cham
- lah
- lan
- lan lan
- lan lan suck thumb
- lap sap
- laugh die me
- leng lui
- leng zai
- lightbulb
- lin yoong
- lo hei
- lo shee fun
- loh gai yik
- lok lok
- longan
- lor
- lor mai gai
- lor sor
- lun zun
- lup cheong
- ma lai gou
- majie
- malau
- malau peng
- mang zang
- mee siam mai hum
- meh
- mo tak teng
- mong cha cha
- mui choy
- mum mum
- nam nam ho
- nam yu
- ng
- no eye see
- one leg kick
- pak thor
- paktology
- pang puay kee
- pat pat
- pei daan
- pei daan chok
- pok kai
- por por
- put aeroplane
- sei lor
- show face
- si
- si hum
- siam
- siam diu
- siam one corner
- siew mai
- siu dai
- siu siu dai
- sohai
- soon hock
- sot
- sozai
- suay
- sup sup sui
- tau
- tau fu
- tau mio
- tau pok
- tau sar
- tau sar pau
- taupoked
- taupokee
- taupoker
- tok kong
- tong sui
- toot
- vomit blood
- wah
- wantan
- wantan mee
- wantan noodles
- wantan soup
- what thing
- win liao lor
- wok hei
- wong tong gou
- wor
- yam seng
- yong tau foo
- you mee
- your head
- zha
- zha boom
- zhut
- zhut zhut