daan2 hok3蛋殼蛋壳
Jyutpingdaan2 hok3
Yaledáan hok
Definition
Eggshell; the hard outer layer of an egg.
colloquialfood
How it's used
Refers specifically to the hard exterior of an egg, whether it is still on the egg or broken into pieces. It is frequently used in cooking contexts to complain about accidental fragments left in a dish. The term is straightforward and carries no special metaphorical weight beyond its literal meaning.
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faai3塊faiExamples
Be careful when you are peeling the eggshell.
Why is this eggshell so hard to peel?
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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.
