siu1 haau1燒烤烧烤
Jyutpingsiu1 haau1
Yalesīu hāau
Definition
To barbecue, grill, or roast food over a heat source.
colloquialfooddaily actions
How it's used
Refers specifically to the social activity of grilling food outdoors, often at designated public sites. When used as a verb, it describes the act of cooking food over an open flame or charcoal. It is distinct from 焗, which implies using an oven for baking or roasting.
Examples
Shall we go for a barbecue together tonight?
They grilled a lot of chicken wings at the barbecue site.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using it to describe roasting meat in a conventional kitchen oven, as that is more accurately referred to as 焗.
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