mut3秣
Jyutpingmut3
Yalemut
Definition
Fodder, or to feed a horse with grain.
writtenanimalsdaily actions
How it's used
This term is highly formal and restricted to literary contexts or specific historical descriptions of horse care. In modern daily life, people use 餵 instead of 秣 to describe feeding any animal, including horses. Using this word in a casual conversation will sound archaic or overly poetic.
Examples
The groom is feeding the horse grain right now.
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Common mistake
Learners often mistake this for a common verb, but it is rarely used outside of classical literature or historical texts. Using it to describe feeding a pet or farm animal will cause confusion.
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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.
