cuk1 sik6速食
Jyutpingcuk1 sik6
Yalechūk sihk
Definition
Fast food, convenience food, or food that can be prepared quickly.
colloquialfood
How it's used
Refers specifically to convenience foods like instant noodles, frozen meals, or pre-packaged items that require minimal preparation. While it shares a similar concept with the English term fast food, it is broader and often implies food kept in a pantry or freezer for emergencies rather than just restaurant meals.
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zung3種jungExamples
I am so busy today, let's just buy some fast food.
Do you still have any instant food at home?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 快餐, which specifically refers to fast food restaurants like McDonald's or KFC. 速食 is more about the nature of the food being quick to prepare at home.
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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.
