saau3潲
Jyutpingsaau3
Yalesaau
Definition
Pig swill or hogwash; food for pigs.
colloquialfoodanimals
How it's used
Primarily refers to liquid food waste or leftovers collected for livestock. It carries a strong connotation of being dirty or unappetizing, which is why it is often used metaphorically to describe low quality or disgusting food.
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tung2桶túngExamples
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 餿, which refers to food that has gone bad or spoiled. While 潲 is often spoiled, the focus of 潲 is its function as animal feed.
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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.
