jing4 joeng5營養营养

Jyutpingjing4 joeng5

Yaleyìhng yéuhng

名詞Uncommon

Definition

Nutrition; nutrients required by the human body to maintain health.

colloquialfoodhealth

How it's used

Focus on the intake of essential substances for health, often used when discussing diet or physical development. It frequently appears in contexts where someone is being advised to eat better or when evaluating the quality of food. Unlike formal written Chinese, it is common to hear it paired with verbs like 吸收 or 補充 in everyday speech.

Examples

sik6食do1多di1啲saang1生gwo2果sin1先jau5有zuk1足gau3夠jing4營joeng5養㗎。

You need to eat more fruit to get enough nutrition.

nei5你seng4成jat6日sik6食ling4零sik6食，bin1邊dou6度jau5有jing4營joeng5養aa4呀？

You are always eating snacks, where is the nutrition in that?

Common phrases

jing4營joeng5養bat1不loeng4良

malnutrition

kap1吸sau1收jing4營joeng5養

absorb nutrition

Common mistake

Do not confuse this with the adjective 營養嘅, which is often used colloquially to describe food as being healthy or nutritious. Learners sometimes mistakenly use it as a verb, but it functions primarily as a noun in Cantonese.