haang1 keoi4 jau4坑渠油
Jyutpinghaang1 keoi4 jau4
Yalehāang kèuih yàuh
Definition
Gutter oil; illicit cooking oil recycled from waste sources.
colloquialfoodhealth
How it's used
Refers specifically to recycled waste oil that has been illegally processed for human consumption. It carries a strong connotation of extreme disgust and public health scandal. Use this term when discussing food safety concerns or criticizing unscrupulous business practices.
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zeon1樽jēunExamples
Do restaurants out there use gutter oil?
I heard that shop was caught using gutter oil.
Related words
Common phrases
to use gutter oil
to detect gutter oil
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with regular cooking oil, as the term is exclusively used to describe illegal, toxic, or low-quality recycled oil.
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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.
