This exclusive Foo Hung Curios x I'll Know It When I See It Vancouver Chinatown Print celebrates the rich heritage of one of Canada's oldest Chinatowns. It features some of the things you'll find in Vancouver Chinatown and often heard Cantonese phrases.
Perfect for: running errands, repping one of Vancouver's oldest neighbourhoods, some Chinatown nostalgia
Here's what these words mean:
- Yum cha (飲茶) - literally means drink tea but it's also what dim sum is called
- Wun go wah (溫哥華) - Vancouver
- Mai choy (買菜) - buy veggies/food
- See zi (獅子) - lion
- Chinatown (唐人街) - Chinatown
- Fai dee lah (快啲啦) - hurry up
- Long an (龍眼) - Longan fruit
- Foong seoi (風水) - known more as Feng Shui, the art of harmonizing people with their surroundings
- Siu app (燒鴨) - roasted duck
