荷ho4蘭laan1豆dau2

English

1. snow pea
2. snow pea; mangetout; Chinese pea (Note: Not to be mixed with 雪豆, literally "snow pea".)

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一種食用嘅豆，連豆莢一齊食；綠色豆莢形狀扁平，裏面種子一排側埋一邊（量詞：條）

Examples

• 「肥仔個頭，大過五層樓；肥仔隻手，細過荷蘭豆。」（廣州童謠歌詞） ("fei4 zai2 go3 tau4, daai6 gwo3 ng5 cang4 lau4, fei4 zai2 zek3 sau2, sai3 gwo3 ho4 laan1 dau2.")

  "The head of the fat boy is bigger than the Five-Story Pagoda (Zhenhai Tower), while his hand is smaller than a snow pea." (lyrics from a nursery rhyme in Canton)