coi3 laan1菜欄菜栏
Jyutpingcoi3 laan1
Yalechoi lāan
Definition
Vegetable wholesale market; a place where vegetables are wholesaled.
colloquialfoodplaces
How it's used
Refers specifically to the traditional wholesale hubs where produce is distributed to smaller vendors or restaurants before dawn. It carries a sense of hard, manual labor and early hours, as these places are most active while the rest of the city is still asleep. While modern supermarkets have changed supply chains, the term remains deeply tied to the traditional wet market culture.
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go3個goExamples
He works at the vegetable wholesale market and has to wake up very early every day.
Do you know which vegetable wholesaler sells fresh vegetables?
Related words
Common phrases
vegetable wholesale
to work in the vegetable wholesale business
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 街市, which is a retail wet market where individual consumers buy groceries. A 菜欄 is strictly for wholesale transactions between suppliers and vendors.
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