Cantonese · 10 September 2026 · Verb-Object Splitting and Compounding
食飯
sik6 faan6Jyutping
to eat a meal / to have dinner
verb phrase
The prototypical verb-object compound for eating a meal, which can be split to insert descriptive modifiers, aspect particles, or duration markers between the verb and its nominal object.
In a sentence
今晚開完夜車一齊去大牌檔食飯吖，聽講佢哋整嘅椒鹽魷魚正到飛起。
gam1 maan5 hoi1 jyun4 je6 ce1 jat1 cai4 heoi3 daai6 paai4 dong3 sik6 faan6 aa1, teng1 gong2 keoi5 dei5 zing6 ceot1 lai4 ge3 ziu1 jim4 jau4 jyu2 zeng3 dou3 fei1 hei2.
Let's go have dinner together at the open-air food stall after burning the midnight oil tonight; I heard their salt and pepper squid is outstanding.