fei4 liu2肥料
Jyutpingfei4 liu2
Yalefèih líu
Definition
Fertilizer or manure; substances added to soil to provide nutrients and aid plant growth.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to substances added to soil to promote plant growth, whether organic or chemical. While it is a standard term, it is rarely used in casual daily conversation unless you are actively gardening or farming. In urban Hong Kong, people often simply use the term 營養液 for liquid plant food.
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These flowers need more fertiliser to grow beautifully.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 飼料, which is used for animal feed. Using 肥料 to describe food for animals will sound very strange to native speakers.
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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.
