daai6 caan1大餐
Jyutpingdaai6 caan1
Yaledaaih chāan
Definition
A big, hearty meal; a feast or banquet.
colloquialfoodpeople
How it's used
Refers specifically to a meal that is perceived as luxurious, celebratory, or significantly more substantial than daily home cooking. It is frequently used to describe dining out at restaurants for special occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, or holidays. The term carries a sense of excitement and indulgence.
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caan1餐chānExamples
Let's go have a big meal to celebrate tonight.
What kind of big meal do you want for your birthday?
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Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe a large quantity of food that is merely filling, such as a standard fast food combo. It implies a sense of quality and occasion rather than just the volume of food consumed.
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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.
