蝦仁炒飯

茶餐廳炒炒飯

Pronunciation

English Name

shrimp fried rice

Cantonese (Traditional)

蝦仁炒飯

Simplified Chinese

虾仁炒饭

Mandarin (Pinyin)

xiā rén chǎo fàn

Yale Romanization

hā yàhn cháau faahn

Character Breakdown

蝦仁 is shrimp meat or shelled shrimp (蝦 is shrimp, and 仁 is kernel, same as the kernel in apricot kernel 杏仁, so it's shrimp kernel), 炒飯 is fried rice (炒 is stir-fried, and 飯 is rice), so 蝦仁炒飯 is shrimp meat stir-fried rice.