gaau1 coi3郊菜
Jyutpinggaau1 coi3
Yalegāau choi
Definition
Vegetables grown in the suburbs; a generic term for seasonal leafy greens.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to produce sourced from rural or suburban areas rather than imported commercial stock. It often carries a connotation of being more natural or locally farmed, which makes it a popular term in wet markets. People use it to distinguish local, often seasonal, greens from the standardized vegetables found in supermarkets.
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zaat3紮jatExamples
These suburban vegetables are very fresh, buy some to cook.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
