lai5 beng2禮餅礼饼
Jyutpinglai5 beng2
Yaleláih béng
Definition
Wedding cakes or pastries prepared for a marriage ceremony.
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How it's used
Traditionally, these are Chinese-style pastries given by the bride's family to relatives and friends as a formal announcement of the wedding. While modern couples often opt for Western-style cakes or vouchers, the term remains deeply tied to the cultural practice of distributing these gifts to share the joy of the union.
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When will you give me some wedding pastries to eat?
They bought many boxes of wedding pastries to give to their relatives.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
