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魚蛋粉魚蛋牛丸牛丸雪糕薯片? 些粉
Fish ball noodles contain fish balls, beef ball noodles contain beef balls, what kind of noodles contain ice cream and potato chips? 7-Eleven. link to audio file

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A joke in Cantonese that utilizes the pun between (noodles) and the Cantonese pronunciation of the second syllable of "seven". See entry for 些粉.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 3
魚蛋粉有魚蛋,牛丸粉有牛丸,咁咩粉有雪糕同薯片? 些粉。

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魚蛋粉  jyu4 daan6*2 fan2    -  [n] fish ball with vermicelli
 jau5 jau6  you3 you4  - have; there is
魚蛋  jyu4 daan6*2  yu2 dan4  -  fish ball
牛丸  ngau4 jyun4*2    -  beef ball
 fan2  fen3  - powder; flour; noodles; heroin
 gam3    - so; -ly
 me1  mie1  - Cantonese question particle
雪糕  syut3 gou1  xue3 gao1  -  ice-cream
 tung4  tong2  - same; together; for
薯片  syu4 pin3*2    -  crisps, potato chips
些粉  se1 fan2    -  7-Eleven convenience store
This sentence was added by jsrwang and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:06
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