ceoi1炊
Jyutpingceoi1
Yalechēui
Definition
To cook; to prepare food.
writtenfooddaily actions
How it's used
This character is almost exclusively found in literary idioms or formal contexts rather than daily speech. In everyday Cantonese, people use 煮 or 煮飯 to describe the act of preparing food. Using 炊 in casual conversation will sound overly dramatic or archaic, as if you are reciting a poem.
Examples
What dishes do you plan to cook today?
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Common mistake
Learners should avoid using this in casual conversation, as it is not a standard spoken verb in modern Hong Kong Cantonese. It is primarily restricted to the specific idiom 巧婦難為無米炊.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
