人頭飯
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English
- a bowl of rice per person, a phrase usually used when ordering food in restaurants
粵語 — Cantonese
- 每人一碗白飯;通常喺酒樓、餐廳落單嘅時候用
Examples
點完餸之後,伙記問要幾多碗飯。老豆就答:「就要人頭飯啦!」
After we ordered the dishes, the waiter asked us how many bowls of rice we wanted. Dad said, "one for each of us!"
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk