大牌檔 (daai6 paai4 dong3 | ) : cooked food stall

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大牌檔

daai6 paai4 dong3

cooked food stall; dai pai dong

[variant] 熟食檔; [China] 大排檔

The name comes from the relatively huge permit (大牌) that the stalls have to display in Hong Kong. See also [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

Classifier: 迾

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 16,200

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

大牌檔 / 大牌档

This word has been viewed 2191 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 20th Jul 2004 10:25 and last edited on 19th Feb 2016 05:54

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Characters in this word:

大 daai6 - big
牌 paai4 - board; trademark; cards
檔 dong3 dong2 - files; shelves; crosspiece; grade; stall

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

大排檔 daai6 paai4 dong3 = street food stall

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Decimal representation of this word: 大牌檔

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