ci4 sat6茨實茨实
Jyutpingci4 sat6
Yalechìh saht
Definition
Gordon euryale seed or fox nut; an edible starchy aquatic seed used in traditional Chinese medicine.
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How it's used
Often used in traditional Chinese soups for its health benefits, particularly for strengthening the spleen and kidneys. It is almost exclusively encountered in the context of herbal medicine or home cooking, where it is frequently paired with other dried ingredients like 蓮子 or 淮山.
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nap1粒nāpExamples
Adding some fox nut seeds to the soup makes it taste better.
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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.
