ngaang6 tong2硬糖
Jyutpingngaang6 tong2
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Definition
Hard candy; boiled sweets designed to be dissolved slowly in the mouth.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to candies that are solid and meant to be sucked rather than chewed. While it is a direct translation of hard candy, local speakers often just use the English loanword 糖果 or refer to specific types like 潤喉糖 when the context implies medicinal use.
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nap1粒nāpExamples
I loved eating hard candy when I was little, I wouldn't bear to bite it even after holding it in my mouth for an hour.
You're still eating hard candy with a sore throat? Drink a cup of warm water quickly.
Related words
Common phrases
to suck on a hard candy
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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.
