Historically, many words of Chinese origin in English are popular Cantonese foods, borrowed directly from the dialect, for instance, chop suey, chow mein, or dim sum.

过去，英文中的很多中文词汇都来自于受欢迎的粤菜，直接从粤语借用而来，比如“chop suey”（炒杂烩）、“chowmein”（炒面）、“dim sum”（点心）。