daai6 ziu1大蕉
Jyutpingdaai6 ziu1
Yaledaaih jīu
Definition
Plantain or cooking banana; a type of thick banana with softer flesh than a regular banana.
colloquialfood
How it's used
Distinguishing between 大蕉 and 香蕉 is common in local markets because they serve different culinary purposes. While 香蕉 is typically eaten raw as a snack, 大蕉 is often cooked, fried, or steamed due to its starchier texture and less intense sweetness when raw. It is a staple ingredient in traditional Cantonese home cooking and certain types of desserts.
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tiu4條tìuhExamples
This plantain is very ripe, it's perfect for making desserts.
How many bunches of plantains did you buy to bring home?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse 大蕉 with 香蕉, as they are not interchangeable in recipes. Using a raw 大蕉 in a dish that requires the soft, sweet texture of a ripe 香蕉 will result in a hard and bland outcome.
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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.
