hung4 juk6紅肉红肉
Jyutpinghung4 juk6
Yalehùhng yuhk
Definition
Red meat, such as beef, pork, and lamb, which is red before being cooked.
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How it's used
Health advice in Hong Kong frequently distinguishes between red meat and white meat, mirroring international nutritional guidelines. While the term is technically accurate, speakers often simply refer to specific types of meat like 牛肉 or 豬肉 when discussing meals, as 红肉 is more common in health or dietary contexts.
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The doctor said I eat too much red meat and need to cut back.
Do you want to eat red meat or fish tonight?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the term 瘦肉, which refers specifically to lean meat regardless of the animal source. Red meat refers to the biological classification of the muscle tissue, not the fat content.
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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.
