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Definition
Cocoa.
colloquialdrink
How it's used
Derived from the English word cocoa, this term is primarily used in traditional Hong Kong style tea restaurants or cha chaan tengs. It is often synonymous with chocolate drinks found on menus, though it specifically refers to the cocoa powder base. You will rarely hear it used outside of ordering a drink.
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bui1杯būiExamples
Do you sell cocoa here?
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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.
