fut3 tiu4 min6闊條麵阔条面
Jyutpingfut3 tiu4 min6
Yalefut tìuh mihn
Definition
Broad pasta, such as fettuccine or pappardelle.
colloquialfood
How it's used
This term is a direct loan translation used specifically to describe flat, ribbon like pasta shapes. It is almost exclusively encountered on menus in Italian restaurants or in supermarkets. You will rarely hear it used in casual conversation outside of discussing food choices.
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dip2碟dípExamples
The fettuccine at this restaurant is delicious.
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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.
