faan1 syu2 tong4 seoi2番薯糖水
Jyutpingfaan1 syu2 tong4 seoi2
Yalefāan syú tòhng séui
Definition
Sweet potato sweet soup; a traditional Chinese dessert made by boiling sweet potatoes with sugar.
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How it's used
This is a classic home-style dessert often associated with comfort and nostalgia. It is typically prepared by boiling sweet potatoes with ginger and rock sugar, which gives it a warming quality perfect for colder days. You will often find it on the menu at traditional dessert shops alongside other staples like red bean soup.
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wun2碗wúnExamples
The weather is so cold, a bowl of hot sweet potato soup is the most comforting.
Do you like drinking sweet potato soup?
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Common phrases
piping hot sweet potato soup
to cook sweet potato soup
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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.
