caau2 wok6炒鑊炒镬
Jyutpingcaau2 wok6
Yalecháau wohk
Definition
A wok; a deep, round-bottomed cooking pan used for stir-frying.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the round bottomed pan used for high heat cooking. While often just called 鑊, adding 炒 clarifies the function when distinguishing it from other types of cooking vessels. It is an essential item in any Cantonese kitchen and is synonymous with the fast, high heat cooking style known as 鑊氣.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the slang 炒鑊, which means to get fired from a job or to have a major disaster occur in a project.
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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.
