ngau4 coeng2牛腸牛肠
Jyutpingngau4 coeng2
Yalengàuh chéung
Definition
Ox intestine as food, or a beef rice noodle roll.
- ox intestine (used as food)
- beef rice noodle roll (steamed rice rolls with beef filling)
colloquialfooddim sum
How it's used
Refers primarily to the popular dim sum dish, which is a steamed rice noodle roll filled with minced beef. While it literally contains the word for ox intestine, it is almost exclusively used to order the noodle roll in a restaurant setting. If you are referring to the actual animal organ, context usually makes it clear, but it is rarely served in the same way as the noodle roll.
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tiu4條tìuhExamples
The beef rice noodle rolls at this shop are very smooth.
Do you eat beef rice noodle rolls?
Related words
Common phrases
a plate of beef rice noodle rolls
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with beef offal dishes that might contain actual intestines, which are usually referred to as 牛雜. Using this word to order organ meat might lead to 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.
