jyu1芋
Jyutpingjyu1
Yaleyū
Definition
Taro; a tropical root vegetable.
colloquialfooddim sum
How it's used
While 芋 refers to the plant family, it is almost never used alone in daily speech. You should always add 頭 to make it 芋頭 when referring to the vegetable itself. It is a staple ingredient in both savory dim sum dishes like 芋頭糕 and sweet desserts like 芋圓.
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go3個goExamples
Do you like eating taro balls?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse 芋頭 with 蕃薯, which is sweet potato. They are distinct ingredients in Cantonese cuisine and are rarely interchangeable in recipes.
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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.
