liu6 lei5料理
Jyutpingliu6 lei5
Yaleliuh léih
Definition
Cuisine; cooking style, especially relating to a specific national style or a main ingredient.
neutralfood
How it's used
Primarily used to describe specific national or regional culinary styles rather than the act of cooking itself. It carries a slightly more sophisticated or formal tone compared to the everyday word 餸. You will frequently encounter it as a suffix for national cuisines, such as 法國料理 or 韓國料理.
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dou6道douhExamples
The Japanese cuisine at this restaurant is very famous.
What kind of cuisine do you like to eat?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe the act of cooking a meal at home, as that is better expressed by 煮飯. It is strictly a noun referring to the style or category of food, not the verb for preparing ingredients.
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Grammar guides
- NegationHow to say no, not, didn't, and don't in Cantonese. The four main negation words and when to use each one.
- Numbers and moneyCounting, talking about money, and asking how much things cost. Includes the two words for two and the everyday words for dollars and cents.
- Aspect markersCantonese has no tenses, but it does have aspect markers. Learn how zo2, gwo3, gan2, and hai2 dou6 show completion, experience, and ongoing action.
