si6 zap1 paai4 gwat1豉汁排骨
Jyutpingsi6 zap1 paai4 gwat1
Yalesih jāp pàaih gwāt
Definition
Steamed spare ribs with fermented black bean sauce, a classic Cantonese dim sum dish.
colloquialfooddim sum
How it's used
This dish is a quintessential staple of Cantonese dim sum culture. It is almost exclusively served in small metal dishes at traditional tea houses. When ordering, it is common to refer to it simply as 排骨 if the context of a dim sum meal is already established.
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dip2碟dípExamples
I want to order a plate of spare ribs with black bean sauce.
The spare ribs with black bean sauce at this dim sum restaurant are excellent.
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Common phrases
order a plate of spare ribs with black bean sauce
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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.
