gai1 hung1 juk6雞胸肉鸡胸肉
Jyutpinggai1 hung1 juk6
Yalegāi hūng yuhk
Definition
Chicken breast meat.
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How it's used
Focuses specifically on the lean, white meat of the bird, often associated with fitness diets or healthy eating in Hong Kong. Unlike other cuts of chicken that are prized for their texture or fat content, this is frequently described as 鞋, meaning dry or coarse in texture, when overcooked.
Measure word
gau6嚿gauhExamples
The chicken breast here is very tough, it does not taste good.
Are you only eating chicken breast for your diet?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to refer to the whole chicken or other parts; if you want a general term for chicken meat, use 雞肉 instead.
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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.
