nim4 jyu2鯰魚鲶鱼
Jyutpingnim4 jyu2
Yalenìhm yú
Definition
Catfish; any of various scaleless, mostly freshwater fish of the order Siluriformes.
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How it's used
Catfish are often associated with muddy or murky water in local culinary culture. While they appear on menus in some traditional restaurants, they are less common in everyday home cooking compared to carp or grass carp. The texture is notably soft and gelatinous, which some people find delicious while others find it too slimy.
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tiu4條tìuhExamples
This catfish is very big.
Do you know how to cook catfish?
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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.
