doek3 sik6啄食
Jyutpingdoek3 sik6
Yaledeuk sihk
Definition
To peck; the action of birds picking up food from the ground with their beaks.
colloquialanimalsdaily actions
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the physical action of a bird using its beak to retrieve food from a surface. While it can be used to describe humans eating in a very derogatory or animalistic way, it is rarely used in that context unless the speaker intends to be insulting.
Examples
The birds are pecking at breadcrumbs on the park ground.
Related words
Common phrases
pecking at
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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.
