seoi2 mou5水母
Jyutpingseoi2 mou5
Yaleséui móuh
Definition
Jellyfish.
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How it's used
While 水母 is the standard term for the animal, it is rarely used in a culinary context. When referring to the jellyfish served as a cold appetizer in restaurants, Cantonese speakers almost exclusively use 海蜇. Using 水母 to describe food will sound strange and confusing to native speakers.
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zek3隻jekExamples
The jellyfish at the aquarium are so beautiful.
Have you ever seen jellyfish at the beach?
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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.
