sik6 ging1食經食经
Jyutpingsik6 ging1
Yalesihk gīng
Definition
A book, manual, or authoritative guide on food and gastronomy.
colloquialfood
How it's used
Refers specifically to a personal collection of recipes or a trusted guide to restaurants, rather than a formal cookbook. It carries a slightly playful tone, implying that the information inside is highly valued or even secret. People often use it to describe a list of favorite spots they are reluctant to share with others.
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bun2本búnExamples
This is my food bible, it has lots of good food inside.
Related words
Common phrases
a personally curated food bible
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the formal term 食譜, which is a standard cookbook. Using 食經 implies a more subjective, curated, or legendary status for the collection of information.
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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.
