coi3 sik1菜式
Jyutpingcoi3 sik1
Yalechoi sīk
Definition
A dish or course; a specific combination of ingredients and cooking style.
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How it's used
Focuses on the specific combination of ingredients and cooking techniques that define a culinary creation. While 餸 is a general term for food served with rice, 菜式 implies a more formal or deliberate creation, often used in restaurant menus or when discussing a chef's repertoire. It is common to pair this with adjectives describing the origin or style of the cuisine.
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dou6道douhExamples
What signature dishes do you recommend at this restaurant?
He really likes trying specialty dishes from different places.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 餸, which is the everyday term for a side dish eaten with rice. Using 菜式 to describe a simple home-cooked meal of stir-fried vegetables can sound overly formal or pretentious.
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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.
