fei4 ngau4肥牛

Jyutpingfei4 ngau4

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名詞Uncommon

Definition

Thinly sliced, marbled boneless beef commonly used in hot pot.

colloquialfooddim sum

How it's used

Refers specifically to the thin, marbled slices of beef served in hot pot restaurants or home-cooked steamboat meals. It is almost never used to describe a whole cut of fatty beef found at a butcher shop, which would be referred to as 牛腩 or 牛肉. The term implies a specific texture and cooking method, as the meat is intended to be swished in boiling broth for only a few seconds.

Measure word

hap6盒haph

Examples

gam1今maan5晚daa2打bin1邊lou4爐maai5買zo2咗gei2幾hap6盒fei4肥ngau4牛。

I bought a few boxes of sliced beef for hot pot tonight.

nei5你zung1鍾ji3意sik6食fei4肥ngau4牛ding6定hai6係ngau4牛jyun2丸aa4呀？

Do you prefer eating sliced beef or beef balls?

Common phrases

gam1金gu1菇fei4肥ngau4牛gyun2卷

sliced beef rolls with enoki mushrooms

fei4肥ngau4牛pin2片

slices of marbled beef

Common mistake

Do not confuse this with general fatty beef. If you use this term in a Western-style steakhouse, it will sound strange because it specifically evokes the thin, pre-packaged slices used for boiling.