gung3 ban2供品
Jyutpinggung3 ban2
Yalegung bán
Definition
Offerings of food, drink, or goods prepared for deities, ancestors, or ghosts during worship.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to items like fruit, roasted meat, or incense placed on an altar for spiritual entities. Unlike general gifts, these items are considered sanctified or symbolically consumed by the spirits during the ritual. After the ceremony, it is common practice to consume the food items, as they are believed to be blessed.
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fan2份fánExamples
What offerings did you buy to worship the deities?
Don't throw away the offerings immediately after the worship.
Related words
Common phrases
to set out offerings
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with general gifts or presents, which use the word 禮物. Using 禮物 for items placed on an altar sounds disrespectful or incorrect in a religious context.
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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.
