gaap3 sam1 beng2夾心餅夹心饼
Jyutpinggaap3 sam1 beng2
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Definition
Sandwich cookie; a biscuit containing a sweet filling between two layers.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to cookies with a cream or filling layer between two biscuits. While it describes the snack, it is also frequently used metaphorically in social or work contexts to describe someone caught in the middle of two conflicting parties, similar to the English idiom of being stuck in a sandwich.
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faai3塊faiExamples
I want to buy a pack of sandwich cookies for a snack.
Which flavor of sandwich cookie do you like to eat?
Related words
Common phrases
chocolate sandwich cookie
peanut sandwich cookie
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
