jyun2丸
Jyutpingjyun2
Yaleyún
Definition
A round or ball-shaped object, such as a meatball or a pill.
colloquialfooddim sum
How it's used
Refers specifically to small, spherical food items or medicine pellets. When talking about food, it is almost always paired with the classifier 粒. It is rarely used on its own to describe general round objects, which are usually called 圓形嘅嘢.
Measure word
nap1粒nāpExamples
How many meat balls did you buy to take home for hot pot?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use it to describe large balls like basketballs or footballs, which are called 波. Using 丸 for a sports ball sounds like you are eating it.
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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.
