laat6 gan1辣根
Jyutpinglaat6 gan1
Yalelaaht gān
Definition
Horseradish; a root vegetable related to wasabi with a pungent, pungent white root used to make mustard.
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How it's used
People often confuse this with the green paste served with sushi, which is actually made from 山葵. While both provide that signature sinus clearing sensation, the white root of 辣根 is much more common in Western style condiments like cocktail sauce or roast beef spreads.
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tiu4條tìuhExamples
This sauce has horseradish added, it's very pungent when you eat it.
Do you like eating horseradish?
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Common phrases
horseradish sauce
Common mistake
Do not assume that all pungent green pastes in restaurants are made from real 山葵, as many commercial versions are simply dyed 辣根 mixed with mustard oil.
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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.
