sik6 jung6食用
Jyutpingsik6 jung6
Yalesihk yuhng
Definition
Edible; fit to be eaten or used as food.
neutralfood
How it's used
Distinguish this term from 食得, which is the more common, informal way to say something is edible or safe to eat. 食用 is strictly a formal or technical modifier used to classify substances like oils, pigments, or plants as being intended for human consumption. You will almost exclusively see it as a prefix in compound nouns rather than as a standalone predicate.
Examples
Are these flowers edible?
Remember to buy cooking oil to take home.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use 食用 as a verb to mean eating; it is a modifier that describes the purpose or nature of an item. Use 食 or 食得 instead when you want to describe the act of eating or the quality of being edible.
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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.
