Pronunciation
English Name

sweet potato soup

Cantonese (Traditional)

番薯糖水

Mandarin (Pinyin)

fān shǔ táng shuǐ


Yale Romanization

fāan syú tòhng séui

Character Breakdown

番薯 is sweet potato, and 糖水 is sweet soup (糖 is sugar or candy, and 水 is water), so 番薯糖水 is sweet potato sugar water.

sweet potato soup
About This Dish

Sweet potato soup is a sweet soup made from sweet potato boiled with rock candy and ginger (a sweet sweet potato soup!), cooled and served as a dessert at the end of meals.

Trivia

There is a character in Old Master Q named 大番薯 (Big Potato).

Quick Facts
Categories:
糖水
Yale:
fāan syú tòhng séui