faa1 sang1 jau4花生油
Jyutpingfaa1 sang1 jau4
Yalefā sāng yàuh
Definition
Peanut oil or groundnut oil.
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How it's used
Peanut oil is the standard cooking oil in many traditional Hong Kong households. It is often referred to simply as 煮食油 when the specific type does not matter, but specifying 花生油 implies a preference for its distinct aroma and high smoke point for stir-frying.
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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.
