mut3 caa4抹茶
Jyutpingmut3 caa4
Yalemut chàh
Definition
Matcha; a type of green tea made by grinding tea leaves into a fine powder, used for drinking or in desserts.
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How it's used
Matcha is almost exclusively associated with Japanese food culture in Hong Kong. It is rarely used for traditional Chinese tea ceremonies, where terms like 綠茶 or specific tea names are preferred. You will most frequently encounter this word on menus for desserts, lattes, and cakes.
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bui1杯būiExamples
The matcha ice cream at this shop is very famous.
Do you like drinking matcha?
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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.
