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大牌檔

daai6 paai4 dong3

a food stall (the name comes from the permit 大牌 that the stalls had to display in Hong Kong)

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 16,200

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

大牌檔

This word was added by claw on 20th Jul 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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大 daai6 da4 dai4 - big
牌 paai4 paai4*2 pai2 - card; label; brand; make
檔 dong2 dong3 dang1 dang3 - shelf; pigeonholes

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