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Jyutpingsai1 mai5 lou6
Yalesāi máih louh
Definition
Sago soup, a sweet dessert made of cooked sago pearls with milk and coconut milk.
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How it's used
Commonly found in local dessert shops, this dish is a staple of Hong Kong tong sui culture. While the base is always sago pearls in a milky liquid, the term is frequently used as a prefix for various fruit flavors like mango or honeydew. It is considered a light, cooling treat rather than a heavy meal.
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wun2碗wúnExamples
Eating a bowl of ice-cold sago in coconut milk in summer is really refreshing.
Do you prefer mango sago or taro sago?
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
