jyu4 jau4魚油鱼油
Jyutpingjyu4 jau4
Yaleyùh yàuh
Definition
Fish oil; oil extracted from the tissue of fish.
neutralhealthfood
How it's used
Refers specifically to the health supplement derived from fish tissue, often taken for heart or brain health. It is treated as a mass noun in most contexts, though it is commonly sold in capsules or liquid form.
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zeon1樽jēunExamples
The doctor told me to take one fish oil capsule every day.
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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.
