juk6 zoeng3肉醬肉酱

Jyutpingjuk6 zoeng3

Yaleyuhk jeung

名詞Uncommon

Definition

Meat sauce or minced meat paste.

meat sauce; gravy containing minced meat
minced meat paste; meat ground into a paste with liquids

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How it's used

Refers specifically to a thick, savory sauce containing minced meat, most commonly associated with Western pasta dishes. While it can describe the texture of minced meat in a sauce, it is not used for pure ground meat on its own, which would be called 肉碎. It is a loan-translation concept that has become standard in Hong Kong culinary vocabulary.

Examples

ni1呢go3個juk6肉zoeng3醬ji3意fan2粉hou2好sik6食dou3到bat1不dak1得liu5了。

This spaghetti bolognese is incredibly delicious.

nei5你zyu2煮juk6肉zoeng3醬go2嗰zan6陣jau5有mou5冇gaa1加di1啲hoeng1香cou2草lok6落heoi3去？

Did you add any herbs when you were cooking the meat sauce?

Common phrases

juk6肉zoeng3醬ji3意fan2粉

spaghetti bolognese

juk6肉zoeng3醬guk6焗faan6飯

baked rice with meat sauce

Common mistake

Do not confuse this with 肉碎, which refers strictly to the minced meat itself rather than the prepared sauce. Using it to describe plain ground pork or beef will sound unnatural to native speakers.