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Drinks

tea 茶 ca4 coffee 咖啡 gaa3 fei1
english tea 西茶 sai ca4 coke 可樂 ho2 lok6
milk 奶 naai5 cows milk 牛奶 ngau4 naai5
fruit juice 果汁 gwo2 zap1 orange juice 橙汁 caang2 zap1
soft drink
(fizzy)		 汽水 hei3 seoi2 white coffee 牛奶咖啡 ngau4 naai5 gaa3 fei1
wine 酒 zau2 red wine 紅酒 hung4 zau2
white wine 白酒 baak6 zau2 rice wine 米酒 mai5 zau2
beer 啤酒 be1 zau2 spirits 燒酒 siu1 zau2

cup/glass 杯 bui1 tea cup 茶杯 ca4 bui1
wine glass 酒杯 zau2 bui1
(jau bui)		 bottle 樽 zeon1

Language Note
In chinese there is no distinction between wine, alcohol or spirits - they are all 酒

Usage Example
我想飲茶 : I want to drink tea
你鐘意飲咩? : What do you like to drink?
我鐘意飲汽水 : I like drinking soft drinks

Character Analysis
燒 = burned, boiled or heated
啤 = chosen as it sounds like "beer"
紅 = red  白 = white
汽水 = gas + water
西茶 = western + tea

　

 

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