fei4 mei5肥美
Jyutpingfei4 mei5
Yalefèih méih
Definition
Plump, fleshy, and appetizing, especially of meat, fish, or poultry.
colloquialfood
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the appealing, succulent quality of meat or seafood that has a good amount of fat. It implies that the richness is a positive trait, making the food look appetizing and high quality. You will rarely hear it used to describe human weight, as it is reserved almost exclusively for culinary contexts.
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Do not use this to describe a person who is overweight, as it would be considered extremely rude and inappropriate. It is strictly for food, particularly items like oysters, crabs, or certain cuts of meat.
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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.
