ngaam1 sik6啱食
Jyutpingngaam1 sik6
Yalengāam sihk
Definition
Tasty, appealing, or suitable to eat.
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How it's used
Focuses on personal preference or dietary compatibility rather than just the objective quality of the food. It is frequently used to check if someone enjoys a specific cuisine or if a dish meets their specific taste requirements. When asking someone if they like something, it is more natural to use this than a direct translation of like.
Examples
Is the food at this restaurant to your liking?
This dish suits my taste perfectly, the flavors go well together.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 啱用, which refers to something being suitable for a purpose or task. Using 啱食 for non-food items will sound confusing to native speakers.
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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.
