faai3 ging3塊莖块茎
Jyutpingfaai3 ging3
Yalefaai ging
Definition
Stem tuber; a swollen underground stem used by some plants to store nutrients.
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How it's used
Botanical terms like this are rarely used in casual daily conversation unless you are specifically discussing gardening, agriculture, or biology. Most people will simply refer to the specific plant, such as 薯仔 or 芋頭, rather than using the technical category. It is a precise term reserved for educational or scientific contexts.
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Potatoes are a very common type of stem tuber.
These stem tubers store a lot of nutrients inside.
Related words
Common phrases
tuberous plant
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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.
