Pearl barley = 薏米 yee mee (Mandarin) or yee mai (Cantonese)
Water chestnut = 馬蹄 ma tee (Mandarin) or ma tai (Cantonese)
Beancurd stick = 腐竹 fu chook (Mandarin or Cantonese)
Sugar water (or more appropriately as sweet dessert soup) = 糖水 tang sui (Mandarin) or tong sui (Cantonese)
Sweet soup or tong sui is Cantonese speciality eaten as dessert. Tong sui is as common as savoury soup for
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