juk6肉
Jyutpingjuk6
Yaleyuhk
Definition
Meat or flesh.
colloquialfoodbody
How it's used
Refers specifically to animal flesh used as food or the soft tissue of a body. When talking about the texture of meat, Cantonese speakers often use the classifier 嚿 to describe a chunk or piece. It is also frequently used in compound words to specify the type of animal or cut, such as 牛肉 or 豬肉.
Measure word
gau6嚿gauhExamples
Do you like eating lean meat or fatty meat?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 魚肉, which specifically refers to fish meat. While 肉 is a general term, in a restaurant setting, it is almost always assumed to be pork unless specified otherwise.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
