gau2 coi3韭菜
Jyutpinggau2 coi3
Yalegáu choi
Definition
Garlic chives or Chinese chives.
colloquialfooddim sum
How it's used
Often associated with specific dim sum dishes like 韭菜餃, this vegetable is prized for its strong, pungent aroma. It is frequently paired with eggs or seafood to balance its intense flavour profile. In modern internet slang, the term is also used metaphorically to describe retail investors who are repeatedly exploited by larger market players.
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zaat3紮jatExamples
Do you like eating stir-fried eggs with leeks?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 葱, which refers to green onions or scallions. While they look somewhat similar, the flavour and texture are distinct, and they are not interchangeable in recipes.
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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.
