gap1 dung3急凍急冻
Jyutpinggap1 dung3
Yalegāp dung
Definition
To quick-freeze; frozen, referring to a method of preserving food using cold temperatures.
colloquialfood
How it's used
Distinguish between the industrial process of flash freezing and the casual act of putting something in the freezer. While 急凍 implies a commercial or professional method of preserving food quality, people often use 雪藏 to describe the simple act of storing items in their home freezer.
Examples
There's no fresh food at home, so I have to eat frozen chicken steak.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use 急凍 to describe someone who is cold or a person's personality, as it is strictly used for food preservation.
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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.
