baak6 coek3 haa1白灼蝦白灼虾
Jyutpingbaak6 coek3 haa1
Yalebaahk cheuk hā
Definition
Poached whole shrimp served with a dipping sauce.
colloquialfooddim sum
How it's used
This dish is a staple of Cantonese home cooking and dim sum restaurants, prized for highlighting the natural sweetness of fresh shrimp. It involves briefly poaching live or very fresh shrimp in boiling water, often with ginger and scallions to remove any fishy smell. The dish is almost always served with a side of soy sauce, often enhanced with sliced chili and garlic.
Measure word
dip2碟dípExamples
We are having water-boiled shrimps tonight.
Do you like eating water-boiled shrimps?
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Common phrases
a plate of water-boiled shrimps
fresh water-boiled shrimps
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with stir-fried or deep-fried shrimp dishes, as the preparation method is strictly boiling. It is essential that the shrimp are extremely fresh, as the simplicity of the cooking method leaves no room to mask inferior quality.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
