mak6 fan2麥粉麦粉
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Definition
Wheat flour
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How it's used
Native speakers typically use 麵粉 to refer to general wheat flour for cooking or baking. 麥粉 is technically correct but often sounds more like a specific product label or a more formal, scientific description of wheat-based powder. You will rarely hear someone ask for 麥粉 at a local grocery store or wet market.
Measure word
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Is this bag of flour enough to make a cake?
Related words
Common phrases
a bag of flour
Common mistake
Do not confuse 麥粉 with 麥皮, which refers to oatmeal or rolled oats. Using the wrong term will lead to confusion when shopping for ingredients.
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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.
