ngau4 ho4牛河
Jyutpingngau4 ho4
Yalengàuh hòh
Definition
Flat rice noodles served with beef.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the dish of stir-fried flat rice noodles with beef, which is a staple in cha chaan tengs. The quality of the dish is often judged by the amount of oil used and the intensity of the heat, known as 鑊氣. It is rarely used to refer to the ingredients separately, as those would be called 牛肉 and 河粉.
Measure word
dip2碟dípExamples
The beef flat noodles stir-fried at this restaurant have a great wok hei.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 湯河, which refers to flat rice noodles served in a soup broth rather than stir-fried.
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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.
