sik6 mung1 mung1食檬檬
Jyutpingsik6 mung1 mung1
Yalesihk mūng mūng
Definition
To eat; baby talk used to encourage an infant or toddler to have their meal.
colloquialfoodpeople
How it's used
This is a reduplicated nursery term used exclusively when speaking to infants or very young children. It functions as a cutesy replacement for the standard verb 食飯 or 食嘢. Using this with adults would sound extremely bizarre or patronizing unless done for comedic effect.
Examples
Be good, eat up now.
Have you eaten your food today?
Related words
Common phrases
to eat (baby talk)
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the adjective 濛濛, which describes something blurry or hazy. The two are completely unrelated in meaning and context.
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Grammar guides
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