gong2 jam2 gong2 sik6講飲講食讲饮讲食
Jyutpinggong2 jam2 gong2 sik6
Yalegóng yám góng sihk
Definition
To talk and gossip about eating and drinking, or to be a foodie.
colloquialfooddaily actions
How it's used
This phrase captures the quintessential Hong Kong obsession with culinary matters. It is often used to describe someone who is a foodie or to dismiss a conversation as being superficial or lacking substance. It functions as a set phrase that encapsulates the entire social activity of discussing where to eat or what to order.
Examples
They only ever know how to talk about food and drink.
Besides talking about food and drink, what other topics do you have?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe the act of eating itself. It specifically refers to the act of talking about food, not the consumption of it.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
