bing1 pin3 tong4冰片糖
Jyutpingbing1 pin3 tong4
Yalebīng pin tòhng
Definition
Peipiang sugar; a type of Chinese brown sugar in slab form.
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How it's used
Often used specifically for making traditional Cantonese desserts like red bean soup or ginger tea. It comes in large, flat, translucent slabs that are easy to break into smaller pieces. Unlike refined white sugar, it provides a deep, molasses-like flavor and a rich golden color to the liquid.
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faai3塊faiExamples
Remember to add a piece of Chinese brown sugar when cooking sweet soup.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
