fung1 tong4楓糖枫糖
Jyutpingfung1 tong4
Yalefūng tòhng
Definition
Maple syrup; a syrup made from the sap of maple trees.
colloquialfood
How it's used
Maple syrup is almost exclusively associated with Western breakfast foods like pancakes or waffles in Hong Kong. Because it is an imported product, it is often referred to by its English name or simply as 糖漿 when the context of pancakes is clear. It is rarely used in traditional Cantonese cooking or desserts.
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zi1支jīExamples
Do you add maple syrup when you eat pancakes?
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Common phrases
maple syrup
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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.
