liu6 siu6料兆
Jyutpingliu6 siu6
Yaleliuh siuh
Definition
Ingredients or raw materials used for making something.
colloquialfood
How it's used
Refers specifically to the components or raw materials used to make something, most commonly food or soup. It is a very versatile term that can also be used metaphorically to describe the 'stuff' or 'material' someone is made of, such as when calling someone 料子 or a person with potential.
Measure word
di1啲dīRelated words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the Mandarin term 材料, which is more formal and used for construction or abstract materials. In Cantonese, 料 is the standard, natural way to refer to cooking ingredients.
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Grammar guides
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- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
