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HK Mongkok Maxims BBQ Meat Rice Lunch with Green vegetable
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Fellipores
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Taipa Ferry Terminal food court char siu rice 01-02-2025
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LN9267
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Gfp-bbq-pork-over-rice
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Yinan Chen
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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叉烧饭

叉燒飯
chāshāofàn
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 char siu rice

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 主食 Staple

Slices of char siu, pork roasted in a sweet red glaze, laid over white rice with a little char siu sauce or soy sauce and often some greens. Sweet and savoury. Common at Cantonese and Hong Kong-style diners.

Examples

HSK 6
Zài Guǎngzhōu shàngbān de shíhou, wǒ wǔfàn cháng chī chāshāofàn.
When I worked in Guangzhou, I often had char siu rice for lunch.
HSK 7-9
Chāshāofàn shì mǐfàn shàng fàng jǐ piàn chāshāo, zài jiāo yìdiǎnr jiàngzhī.
Char siu rice is a few slices of barbecued pork on rice, with a little sauce poured over.

Stroke Order

叉 chā
烧 shāo
饭 fàn