Cherry & Dennis Helper Habitat
Hong Kong Everyday Visual Guide
Recognise food, tools and cleaning products in Hong Kong homes.
Cleaning images are a guide only. Confirm the original label, not the bottle colour.
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Dry goods & condiments
腐乳
Small soft tofu cubes in a jar
Dry goods & condiments
南乳
Pink-red to brick-red cubes
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豆豉
Visible whole or broken beans
Dry goods & condiments
欖菜
Dark finely chopped vegetable mixture
Dry goods & condiments
生抽
Original label says 生抽 or Light Soy Sauce
Dry goods & condiments
老抽
Original label names it 老抽 or Dark Soy Sauce
Dry goods & condiments
蠔油
An oyster-based savoury sauce used for marinades and stir-fries.
Dry goods & condiments
麻油（芝麻油）
Sesame oil adds sesame aroma to noodles, soups and salads.
Dry goods & condiments
紹興酒
A grain-based wine used in cooking; it contains alcohol.
Dry goods & condiments
魚露
A salty liquid seasoning made with fish and salt.
Dry goods & condiments
柱侯醬
A seasoned soybean paste often used for braising meat.
Dry goods & condiments
麵豉醬
A fermented soybean seasoning for steaming, stir-frying or braising.
Dry goods & condiments
鹽
food identity comes from the original label
Dry goods & condiments
白糖（砂糖）
commonly small granules but size varies
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冰糖
pieces are usually larger than granulated sugar
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白胡椒粉
ground powder form
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黑胡椒（粒／粉）
whole peppercorn form
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咖喱粉
dry spice blend
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雞粉
compound chicken-flavoured seasoning
Dry goods & condiments
米醋
original label declares rice or rice vinegar
Dry goods & condiments
茄汁
Commonly red
Dry goods & condiments
沙嗲醬
Thick sauce with visible spice particles; ingredients vary
Dry goods & condiments
豆瓣醬
Thick bean-and-chilli paste
Dry goods & condiments
蝦醬
Finely ground fermented shrimp paste in a jar
Dry goods & condiments
枝竹（腐竹）
Lightweight and brittle when dry
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木耳
Usually broader pieces
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雲耳
Usually smaller pieces
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冬菇
Rounded brown cap
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蝦米
Small curved shrimp shape
Dry goods & condiments
瑤柱
Round or thick cylindrical pieces
Dry goods & condiments
粉絲
Fine dried starch noodles that can turn translucent when cooked.
Dry goods & condiments
陳皮
Dried tangerine peel used in small pieces to flavour dishes.
Dry goods & condiments
粟粉
Original food label states 粟粉 or Cornstarch
Dry goods & condiments
麵粉
this entry is scoped to wheat flour
Dry goods & condiments
白米
Dry grains may be long or short
Dry goods & condiments
糯米
Glutinous rice grains vary in length
Dry goods & condiments
燕麥
Flattened oval cereal flakes
Dry goods & condiments
綠豆
Small oval beans
Dry goods & condiments
紅豆
Small elongated oval beans
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黃豆
Nearly round dry beans
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黑豆
Round to oval dry beans
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鷹嘴豆
Irregular round beans with a pointed beak
Dry goods & condiments
眉豆
Oval to slightly kidney-shaped beans
Dry goods & condiments
花生
Waisted shell containing several kernels
Dry goods & condiments
腰果
Curved kidney-shaped kernels
Dry goods & condiments
核桃
Rounded hard shell with a seam
Dry goods & condiments
芝麻
Very small flattened oval seeds
Dry goods & condiments
蓮子
Round to short oval dried seeds
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白果
Oval seeds in hard shells
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紅棗
Small oval dried date fruits
Dry goods & condiments
蜜棗
Candied oval date fruits
Dry goods & condiments
桂圓肉
Irregular curled dried fruit flesh
Dry goods & condiments
無花果乾
Flattened round or pear-shaped dried fruits
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杞子
Elongated dried berries with tapered ends
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金針
Long narrow unopened dried buds
Dry goods & condiments
雪耳
Coral-like cluster of folded dried fungus
Dry goods & condiments
米粉
Bundles of very thin long noodles
Dry goods & condiments
通粉
Short pasta tubes open at both ends
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長直意粉
Long straight round strands
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粘米粉
Bagged fine powder with no fixed shape
Dry goods & condiments
糯米粉
Packaged fine flour rather than whole grains
Dry goods & condiments
西米
Uniform small starch pearls
Meat
豬展
Relatively lean lower-leg muscle
Meat
梅頭
Boneless shoulder-neck cut
Meat
瘦肉
Mostly solid lean cross-section
Meat
五花腩
Alternating layers of lean and fat
Meat
排骨
A repeated row of rib bones
Meat
腩排
Thicker pork over the ribs
Meat
一字排（一字排骨）
One intact elongated uncut strip
Meat
豬手
Thick rounded joint mass
Meat
豬腳
Recognisable foot and toe profile
Meat
雞髀（雞腿）
Thigh and drumstick remain joined
Meat
雞翼
Drumette, flat and tip
Meat
雞胸
Broad and thick, tapering at one end
Meat
豬扒
a thick pork slice
Meat
豬柳
usually long and narrow when whole
Meat
豬肝
dark reddish-brown colour
Meat
免治豬肉（豬肉碎）
loose raw mince or a small mound
Meat
牛腩
Confirmed by the 牛腩 label or butcher
Meat
牛柳
long and tapered when whole
Meat
牛肉片
several thin raw beef slices
Meat
免治牛肉（牛肉碎）
loose raw mince or a small mound
Meat
牛筋
pale ivory to light colour
Meat
雞柳
narrow boneless chicken strips
Meat
豬骨
Sections of large bones with marrow cavities
Meat
豬頸肉
Flat thick cheek or lower-jaw meat
Meat
豬腰
Bean-shaped organ
Meat
豬肚
Bag-shaped stomach with thick walls
Meat
豬心
Muscular organ tapering toward the tip
Meat
豬脷
Elongated thick tongue shape
Meat
豬耳
Fan-shaped ear with curled edges
Meat
豬尾
Long tail narrowing toward the tip
Meat
牛展
Elongated leg-muscle cut
Meat
牛尾
Round tail sections in graduating sizes
Meat
牛仔骨
Cross-cut rib strips with several bone discs
Meat
牛肚
Sheets or folds of cattle stomach
Meat
雞腳
Several toes ending in claws
Meat
雞腎
Thick two-lobed muscular stomach
Meat
雞肝
Soft organ divided into lobes
Meat
雞殼
Breast and back frame with curved ribs
Meat
羊架
Connected row of curved slender ribs
Meat
羊腩
Irregular pieces from the belly or flank area
Dry goods & condiments
菜脯
Radish strips, chunks or mince
Dry goods & condiments
梅菜
Dark preserved leaves and stems
Dry goods & condiments
皮蛋
Dark translucent brown egg white when peeled
Dry goods & condiments
鹹蛋
Label states salted/salted duck egg
Seafood
鯇魚
Long near-cylindrical body
Seafood
鱸魚
Elongated, slightly compressed body
Seafood
桂花魚
Deep laterally compressed body
Seafood
紅衫魚（紅衫）
Slender pink-red body
Seafood
黃花魚
Elongated body with gently arched back
Seafood
倉魚（鯧魚／䱽魚）
Deep thin oval-to-diamond body
Seafood
石斑（石斑魚類）
Robust oblong body
Seafood
基圍蝦
Curved segmented shrimp body
Seafood
蜆（食用蜆類）
Two valves joined at a dorsal hinge
Seafood
魷魚
Elongated tubular mantle
Seafood
三文魚
Label states 三文魚 or Salmon
Seafood
羅非魚
usually a deep laterally compressed body
Seafood
馬友
elongate silvery body
Seafood
鯖魚
complete silvery fish is a supporting reference
Seafood
沙甸魚
whole silvery fish are one presentation reference
Seafood
蟹
hard carapace
Seafood
帶子
round moist ivory cylinders or discs
Seafood
青口
paired elongated shells
Seafood
蠔
irregular shell outline
Seafood
八爪魚
rounded mantle
Seafood
帶魚
Very long flattened ribbon-like body
Seafood
大魚
Robust laterally compressed body and large head
Seafood
大眼雞
Deep compressed body with unusually large eyes
Seafood
牛鰍
Broad flattened head with body tapering rearward
Seafood
生魚
Long cylindrical body and snake-like head
Seafood
白飯魚
Very small slender fish bodies
Seafood
鰻魚
Long snake-like body
Seafood
沙鯭
Laterally flattened body with an erect dorsal spine
Seafood
烏頭
Elongated robust body
Seafood
馬頭魚
Elongated compressed body with a steep, square forehead
Seafood
鯪魚
Slender elongated fish body
Seafood
黃腳鱲
Deep laterally compressed fish
Seafood
鯉魚
Robust body with a long dorsal fin
Seafood
鯽魚
Deep laterally compressed body
Seafood
墨魚
Broad oval mantle with side fins
Seafood
龍蝦
Large head-thorax and segmented tail
Seafood
瀨尿蝦
Long flattened segmented body
Seafood
鮑魚
Single ear-shaped shell
Vegetables
菜心
Stems are usually slimmer than Chinese kale
Vegetables
芥蘭
Stems usually thicker than choy sum
Vegetables
通菜
Long stems with a hollow tube
Vegetables
莧菜
Soft oval or broad leaves
Vegetables
節瓜
Long cylindrical shape with rounded ends
Vegetables
翠玉瓜
Smooth slightly glossy skin
Vegetables
絲瓜
Long green body
Vegetables
冬瓜
Usually larger and heavier than hairy gourd or angled luffa
Vegetables
合掌瓜
Pear or fist shape
Vegetables
紹菜
Tight elongated cabbage head
Vegetables
西洋菜
Many slender stems
Vegetables
油麥菜
Long narrow upright leaves
Vegetables
蓮藕
Thick jointed segments
Vegetables
白蘿蔔
Long cylindrical white root
Vegetables
小棠菜
Compact, low upright bunch
Vegetables
唐生菜
A loose-headed Chinese lettuce with tender green leaves and long pale-green ribs.
Vegetables
西生菜
A dense round head lettuce with crisp overlapping pale-green leaves.
Vegetables
菠菜
Tender spinach with slender stems and smooth deep-green leaves.
Vegetables
苦瓜
An elongated bitter melon with deep grooves and a strongly knobbled green surface.
Vegetables
青瓜
A long cylindrical cucumber with crisp watery flesh and green skin.
Vegetables
茄子
An elongated glossy purple eggplant with a green star-shaped calyx.
Vegetables
番茄
A ripe red tomato with smooth taut skin, a green calyx and juicy seed chambers.
Vegetables
薯仔
An oval brown-skinned potato tuber with shallow eyes and pale starchy flesh.
Vegetables
紅蘿蔔
A firm orange carrot root tapering from a broad shoulder to a narrow tip.
Vegetables
芫荽
An aromatic herb bunch with thin green stems and delicate lobed leaves.
Vegetables
蔥
Spring onions have slender white bases and long hollow tubular green leaves.
Vegetables
韭菜
Chinese chives form bunches of flat, solid, narrow dark-green leaves.
Vegetables
韭黃
Yellow chives are blanched Chinese chives with flat pale-yellow strap-like leaves.
Vegetables
豆苗
Tender pea vine tips with paired oval leaflets and fine curling tendrils.
Vegetables
西蘭花
Dense tiny buds forming a rounded crown
Vegetables
椰菜花
dense pale cream curd
Vegetables
椰菜
round or near-round leaf head
Vegetables
西芹
thick pale-green stalks
Vegetables
粟米
long cylindrical cob
Vegetables
南瓜
hard outer rind
Vegetables
芋頭
brown fibrous outer skin
Vegetables
番薯
tuber commonly tapers at both ends
Vegetables
芽菜
pale slightly curved short stems
Vegetables
四季豆
short slender pods
Vegetables
薑
Knobbly branching rhizome
Vegetables
蒜頭
Bulb divided into separate cloves
Vegetables
洋蔥
Round bulb with a basal root disc
Vegetables
乾蔥頭
Small oval or elongated bulbs
Vegetables
甜椒
Bell-shaped hollow fruit with lobes
Vegetables
辣椒
Often slender fruit tapering to a point
Vegetables
秋葵
Tapered pod with longitudinal ridges
Vegetables
蘆筍
Straight slender young spears
Vegetables
荷蘭豆
Broad flat thin pods
Vegetables
豆角
Very long slender bean pods
Vegetables
蜜糖豆
Short plump rounded pods
Vegetables
紅菜頭
Round swollen root with a thin tail
Vegetables
萵筍
Thick elongated stem with leaf scars
Vegetables
馬蹄
Small flattened round corm
Vegetables
竹筍
Conical young shoot in overlapping sheaths
Vegetables
鮮淮山
Long cylindrical tuber
Vegetables
粉葛
Large irregular swollen root
Vegetables
金菇
Dense bundles of very slender stems
Vegetables
杏鮑菇
Thick club-shaped stem
Vegetables
平菇
Fan-shaped caps overlapping in tiers
Vegetables
本菇
Clusters of medium-short stems
Vegetables
抱子甘藍
Small compact round leaf heads
Vegetables
芥菜
Broad wrinkled leaves with thick stalks
Vegetables
茼蒿
Slender stems with deeply lobed leaves
Vegetables
韭蔥
Thick elongated white pseudostem
Cleaning products
洗衣液
Original label states laundry cleaning use
Cleaning products
柔順劑
Original label states fabric softener or conditioner
Cleaning products
漂白水
Original label states sodium hypochlorite or NaOCl
Cleaning products
乳霜清潔劑（俗稱潔而亮）
Original label states cream cleanser or cream cleaning use
Cleaning products
廚房除油劑
Original label states kitchen grease removal
Cleaning products
玻璃清潔劑
Original label explicitly states glass use
Cleaning products
洗潔精
Original label states hand-dishwashing use
Cleaning products
洗衣粉
Label states powder laundry use
Cleaning products
地板清潔劑
Label states floor-cleaner use
Cleaning products
廁所清潔劑（潔廁劑）
Original label specifies toilet or toilet-bowl use
Cleaning products
家居消毒液（非漂白水類按標籤）
Label states household surface-disinfectant use
Cleaning products
通渠劑
Label states drain-clearing use and applicable hazard warnings
Cleaning products
水垢清除劑
Label identifies descaling ingredients and compatible equipment
Cleaning products
氧系漂白劑
Ingredient label specifies oxygen-based or peroxide chemistry
Cleaning products
衣物局部去漬劑
Use label distinguishes local treatment from a full wash
Cleaning products
洗衣機清潔劑
Label specifies a machine-cleaning procedure
Cleaning products
洗碗機專用洗滌劑
Label explicitly states automatic-dishwasher detergent
Cleaning products
洗碗機亮碟劑
Original label states rinse-aid use
Cleaning products
傢俬護理劑
Label determines compatible furniture finishes
Cleaning products
皮革清潔劑
Label specifies leather types and exclusions
Cleaning products
不銹鋼護理劑
Label specifies stainless steel and food-contact limits
Cleaning products
地氈清潔劑
Label states fibre and machine-use restrictions
Cleaning products
百潔布
Non-metal abrasive fibre layer
Cleaning products
微纖維布
Material confirmed by label
Cleaning products
鋼絲刷／鋼絲球
Wire brush has a handle and metal bristles
Cleaning products
玻璃刮水器
Handle with a straight blade
Cleaning products
平板拖把
Thin rectangular head
Cleaning products
海綿（清潔海綿）
Soft compressible porous body
Cleaning products
傳統地拖
Bundle of soft absorbent strands
Cleaning products
垃圾鏟
Receiving pan for swept debris
Cleaning products
馬桶刷
Dense bristles around the head
Cleaning products
掃把
Broad bristle head
Cleaning products
水桶
Open top
Cleaning products
清潔刷
Short hand grip
Cleaning products
橡膠清潔手套
Extended cuffs
Cleaning products
垃圾袋
Flexible body with sealed bottom
Cleaning products
通渠泵
Long handle ending in a rubber cup
Cleaning products
黏毛轆
Rotating cylinder on a handle
Cleaning products
雞毛掃
Long handle ending in a feather cluster
Cleaning products
吸塵機
Suction head connected to a dust collector and motor
Cleaning products
蒸氣清潔機
Heated unit with a water tank and nozzle
Cleaning products
清潔刮刀
Short handle ending in a straight thin blade
Household items
保鮮紙
Clear flexible film
Household items
錫紙
Opaque metal foil
Household items
烘焙紙（牛油紙）
Package states food-grade baking use
Household items
毛巾
Flat fabric in various sizes
Household items
床單
Large fabric sheet covering a mattress
Household items
枕袋
Small rectangular fabric sleeve
Household items
被袋
Large double-layer fabric bag
Household items
衣架
Triangular shoulder frame below a hook
Household items
衣夾
Two elongated clamping halves
Household items
洗衣袋
Closable mesh bag
Household items
熨衫板
Long fabric-covered board with a tapered end
Household items
熨斗
Triangular soleplate below a handle
Household items
收納箱
Rigid box with a lid
Household items
食物保鮮盒
Rigid food container with a fitting lid
Household items
密實食物袋
Thin flexible food bag
Household items
廚房紙
Broad paper roll or folded sheets
Household items
廁紙
Narrow roll of connected thin sheets
Household items
面紙
Interfolded thin paper sheets
Household items
浴室防滑墊
Flat non-slip mat
Household items
腳踏凳
Low raised platform on legs
Household items
拖板
Multi-socket housing connected to a cord and plug
Household items
抽濕機
Upright powered housing
Household items
晾衫架
Folding frame with multiple crossbars
Kitchen tools
鑊
Wide round opening and sloping sides
Kitchen tools
鑊鏟
Long handle reaches into a wok
Kitchen tools
蒸架
Platform supports a dish
Kitchen tools
筲箕
Bowl or basket shape
Kitchen tools
隔篩
Closely woven fine mesh
Kitchen tools
砧板
Flat cutting surface
Kitchen tools
削皮器
Straight or Y-shaped handheld design
Kitchen tools
菜刀
Broad rectangular blade with a short handle
Kitchen tools
廚房剪刀
Two crossing short blades
Kitchen tools
湯勺
Deep hemispherical bowl on a long handle
Kitchen tools
食物鉗
Two joined long arms
Kitchen tools
打蛋器
Curved wires form a balloon-shaped head
Kitchen tools
刨絲器
Flat plate or box-shaped body
Kitchen tools
量杯
Cup with a pouring spout
Kitchen tools
量匙
Set of concave spoons in different sizes
Kitchen tools
廚房磅
Flat weighing platform on a base
Kitchen tools
食物溫度計
Long probe attached to a display head
Kitchen tools
罐頭刀
Handle with a can-rim gripping mechanism
Kitchen tools
開瓶器
Small lever head attached to a handle
Kitchen tools
擀麵棍
Long cylinder sometimes with end handles
Kitchen tools
飯勺
Broad flat oval head with a short handle
Kitchen tools
隔熱手套
Thick mitten enclosing palm and thumb
Kitchen tools
奶煲
Small deep round pan with one long handle
Kitchen tools
平底鑊
Wide flat base and shallow sides
Kitchen tools
湯煲
Tall deep pot with two side handles
Kitchen tools
蒸籠
Round bamboo basket with walls and lid
Kitchen tools
電飯煲
Lidded heated housing with a removable inner pot
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