例汤

例湯

lìtāng

noun

Measure Word

一碗例汤 wǎn

Meanings

1 soup of the day
2 house soup (Cantonese restaurant menu item)

Characters

regular, routine

Examples

今天的例汤是冬瓜排骨汤。

Jīntiān de lìtāng shì dōngguā páigǔ tāng.

Today's soup of the day is winter-melon pork-rib soup.

套餐都送一碗例汤。

Tàocān dōu sòng yī wǎn lìtāng.

Every set meal comes with a bowl of soup of the day.

Tips

culture

Cantonese cha chaan teng and set-menu staple. 例 means 'regular/routine', so 例汤 is the free soup that changes day by day. Often a slow-simmered 老火汤 in proper Cantonese eateries.

Stroke Order

例 lì

汤 tāng