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便利店 in words.hk is bin6 lei6 dim3. It is a small shop, open longer than an ordinary shop, selling mostly food and drinks, and generally more expensive than a supermarket or a 士多. The same entry says the most common ones in Hong Kong are 7-11 and OK. The measure is 間. The example is hunger in the middle of the night, and buying a late snack there. The two Latin letters OK have no entry, and to-jyutping returns no syllables for them. Circle K is not in the entry.

七十一 is also written 7-11, both cat1 sap6 jat1, tagged a proper name: the 7-Eleven chain. The near synonym is 七仔 cat1 zai2, also a proper name, a nickname for that chain. The English gloss says literally “seven boy.” The measure is 間.

士多 si6 do1 is tagged a loanword. The English calls it a transliteration of store. It is a small grocery, mostly beer, soft drinks and snacks. Some also sell rice, soy sauce and canned food, or toys and stationery. The entry says its place is close to today’s convenience store. The measure is 間. Near synonyms listed are 辦館 and 雜貨舖. 辦館 has no page.

加熱 gaa1 jit6 is to raise the temperature of something. The example says refrigerated food, 雪藏 syut3 cong4, has to be heated before it is eaten. The entry does not say the sentence is addressed to a clerk. 微波爐 mei4 bo1 lou4 heats food by making water vibrate. The measures are 個 or 部. The example only says there is one at home.

即食麵 is also written 即食麪, both zik1 sik6 min6. Most of it has been deep-fried. The entry says it usually means noodles ready to eat after one scalding in boiling water, and it uses the character 淥. 公仔麵 gung1 zai2 min6 has two senses. One is a Hong Kong brand of instant noodles, Doll Instant Noodles. The other is that brand name used as a generic for instant noodles. The example asks whether the person is hungry and offers to cook one. 杯麵 has no entry. to-jyutping gives bui1 min6.

三文治 saam1 man4 zi6 is tagged a loanword and Hong Kong, from English sandwich. Two slices of bread with a filling. The entry names lettuce, tomato, chopped egg, ham and cheese. Inside a food name it can be shortened to 治. The measures are 件 or 份. The collocation 公司三文治 is glossed club sandwich. 三明治 is a different entry, saam1 ming4 zi6, tagged Taiwan, loanword and mainland. Its explanation is only “see 三文治.”

The first sense of 熱狗 jit6 gau2 is a sausage in bread with sauce, originally popular in Europe and America, measure 隻 or 個. The second is a colloquial name for a bus without air-conditioning, set against 冷馬. The entry says this bus has already stopped service in Hong Kong. The measure is 架. 冷馬 has no entry. to-jyutping gives laang5 maa5.

膠袋 gaau1 doi2 is a bag made of plastic, measure 個. One example asks whether a bag is wanted. The next says each one costs fifty cents. That figure is the example’s. This page did not check the current charge. 入袋 has no entry. to-jyutping gives jap6 doi6. The character 袋 has the candidates doi6 and doi2. The 膠袋 entry uses doi2.

電芯 din6 sam1 is a small power cell, cylindrical, columnar or button-shaped, small enough for the palm. The measures are 嚿 or 粒. Near synonyms include 乾電池 and 電池. The collocation is 換電芯. One example says the cell can be charged again, and marks 叉電 as caa1 din6. 叉電 has no page of its own. 廁紙 ci3 zi2 is measured with 張 or 卷. One example is a toilet with no paper. The other says the paper can be flushed.

飯團 is also written 飯糰, both faan6 tyun4: rice pressed into a lump, with or without a filling, measure 嚿. 增值, 交費, 影印, 汽水 and 樽裝水 have no entries. to-jyutping gives zang1 zik6, gaau1 fai3, jing2 jan3, hei3 seoi2 and zeon1 zong1 seoi2. Adding value to an Octopus card is in transport.

Sources

• LSHK Jyutping scheme
• CanCLID to-jyutping
• words.hk: 便利店, 七十一, 七仔, 士多, 加熱, 微波爐, 即食麵, 公仔麵, 三文治, 三明治, 熱狗, 膠袋, 電芯, 廁紙, 飯團