lai4 mak6藜麥藜麦
Jyutpinglai4 mak6
Yalelàih mahk
Definition
Quinoa; a nutrient-rich seed native to South America.
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How it's used
Pronunciation often varies among speakers, with some using the standard reading and others following a more colloquial approximation. It is frequently marketed as a health food, so you will often see it appearing in menus or health blogs alongside terms like 健康 or 減肥.
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wun2碗wúnExamples
How do you usually like to cook quinoa?
This bowl of salad has a lot of quinoa added to 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.
