Definition of dai pai dong in English:

dai pai dong

noun ˌdʌɪ pʌɪ ˈdɒŋ

Hong Kong English

A traditional licenced street stall, typically with a small seating area, selling cooked food at low prices; (now more generally) any food stall of this type.

Origin

1980s; earliest use found in The New York Times. From Chinese (Cantonese) daaih pàaih dong from daaih great, big + pàaih plaque, licence plate + dong stall, so called because stalls selling prepared food were required to display their government licence on a larger sign than other street vendors, but also analysed (probably by folk etymology) as showing pàaih row, line-up (and accordingly sometimes written with the corresponding character), on account of the stalls lining the roadside.

Definition of dai pai dong in US English:

dai pai dong

nounˌdʌɪ pʌɪ ˈdɒŋ

Hong Kong English

A traditional licenced street stall, typically with a small seating area, selling cooked food at low prices; (now more generally) any food stall of this type.

单词	dai pai dong
释义	Definition of dai pai dong in English: dai pai dong noun ˌdʌɪ pʌɪ ˈdɒŋ Hong Kong English A traditional licenced street stall, typically with a small seating area, selling cooked food at low prices; (now more generally) any food stall of this type. Origin 1980s; earliest use found in The New York Times. From Chinese (Cantonese) daaih pàaih dong from daaih great, big + pàaih plaque, licence plate + dong stall, so called because stalls selling prepared food were required to display their government licence on a larger sign than other street vendors, but also analysed (probably by folk etymology) as showing pàaih row, line-up (and accordingly sometimes written with the corresponding character), on account of the stalls lining the roadside. Definition of dai pai dong in US English: dai pai dong nounˌdʌɪ pʌɪ ˈdɒŋ Hong Kong English A traditional licenced street stall, typically with a small seating area, selling cooked food at low prices; (now more generally) any food stall of this type. Origin 1980s; earliest use found in The New York Times. From Chinese (Cantonese) daaih pàaih dong from daaih great, big + pàaih plaque, licence plate + dong stall, so called because stalls selling prepared food were required to display their government licence on a larger sign than other street vendors, but also analysed (probably by folk etymology) as showing pàaih row, line-up (and accordingly sometimes written with the corresponding character), on account of the stalls lining the roadside.
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