can3 jit6 sik6趁熱食趁热食
Jyutpingcan3 jit6 sik6
Yalechan yiht sihk
Definition
To eat food while it is still hot.
colloquialfooddaily actions
How it's used
This phrase is a standard piece of advice given by hosts or friends to ensure the food is enjoyed at its peak quality. It functions as a polite imperative, often softened by the particle 啦 to sound more like a friendly suggestion than a command. It is almost exclusively used in informal dining settings among family or friends.
Examples
This bowl of noodles smells great, eat it while it's hot.
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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.
