gai1 bei2雞脾鸡脾
Jyutpinggai1 bei2
Yalegāi béi
Definition
Chicken leg, drumstick, or thigh.
colloquialfood
How it's used
Refers specifically to the drumstick portion of the chicken, commonly found in fast food shops or cha chaan tengs. It is a very common term in daily life, especially when ordering food, and sounds much more natural than the formal term 雞腿.
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zek3隻jekExamples
Do you prefer eating chicken legs or chicken wings?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 雞髀, which is a common variant character for the same word. Both are widely accepted in writing, but 雞脾 is often used in casual text messages.
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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.
